Life After Emery Begins

[ChefMan21]

The lack of leadership in the squad though was never an unknown - it's been there for years, and it's just disappointing that so few of our major players have really stood up to be counted.

I remember - as I'm sure many of you do in your own careers - the times where someone has left, or there's been redundancies, or a restructure, or a death and you've had to be that rock for a young team. I also remember those same people when I was young.

I can't imagine Vieira or Adams putting up with poor attitudes, as I couldn't with people like Milner, Gattuso, and de Rossi. You need those people not just to win things, but to keep things together.

 

[GDeep™]

As much as I love and respect Ian Wright I try not to listen to his opinions too much.

I'll give Arteta a chance but until this squad is cleared out and we get actual good players I don't see how an inexperienced manage will be able to set it right.

Think that will be his first task, overhaul the squad.

Don’t think we’ll finish top 4 for a few more years while we develop a new team.

 

[GoonerJeeves]

It is going to be vital that the board now backs Arteta. Clear out the deadwood, and prepare to re-build.

Will the fans have the patience for that though?

 

[GDeep™]

And you have been a supporter since 1996, when this club was founded, so you know what you are talking about!

Starting supporting under Graham. When Campbell and Wright were on the scoresheet most weeks.

 

[Tosker]

so Half the squad want to leave along with Auba? Good, they can **** off! When you’re in a rut and you’ve got players who think they’re better than they are and deserve to be in a winning team - it’s no surprise that we’re in the **** we’re in. **** any of them with that attitude! Can guarantee, with the exception of Auba, none will move to clubs better than ours!

sad to think that Ramsey wanted to stay and we dumped him - he very rarely failed to give his best too

 

[OnlyOne]

Starting supporting under Graham. When Campbell and Wright were on the scoresheet most weeks.

Old bastard.

 

[Garrincha]

Starting supporting under Graham. When Campbell and Wright were on the scoresheet most weeks.

This was a throwback on twitter today!

 

[GDeep™]

Old bastard.

I was a baby.

You’ll always look young being 5’2

 

[yybecause]

No one will ever convince me that Ramsey wanted to stay, ever

 

[OnlyOne]

I was a baby.

You’ll always look young being 5’2

Is that why you constantly ask me around to yours?

 

[El Duderino]

It is going to be vital that the board now backs Arteta. Clear out the deadwood, and prepare to re-build.

Will the fans have the patience for that though?

Our community and comms teams are **** when it comes to that, so that's a hard no.

There's too much distrust that the club has built with its blunders. There's very little good will for a rebuild project from stratch, using academy players + high level pros.

Club needs to go full balls to the wall right now, get another 2 Pepe like signings (not in the fee per say, put in impact) and clear the deadwood.

Then we can start talking how they can build open and transparent comunication channels with fans.

 

[Eaststander74]

Experience is overrated. What's the point in having experience if you don't know your arse from your elbow? How many managers are experienced? How many end up getting sacked?

If you know what to do, then you know whether you've been managing for 20 years or 20 minutes. Arteta has been close to managers for all his career. He knows how to manage because he's BEEN managed.

 

[Riou]

Why would anyone not want Arteta to do well?

A former player, given his big break at our club, unknown but comes with some highly respected manager’s endorsements...very exciting times for Arsenal imo.

 

[drippin]

Rumours were he was going to move to China before we moved for him.

Can't care that much about trophies if he was going to go into semi-retirement in China.

Rumours are rumours. He might renew if Arteta succeeds well and he has no good offers from top teams.

 

[shootxhakashoot]

Arteta should start axing all those lazy idiots in the team. As he said if they don't perform 120%, they don't deserve to be here. If he starts by cutting off the big heads, he won't have trouble with the others.

Emery went back and forth with his decisions and it cost him his job. After a should be here with the license to kill.

You can't perform at 120%, not humanly or mathematically possible in a football effort context.

 

[GDeep™]

No one will ever convince me that Ramsey wanted to stay, ever

Even Wenger? He said Ramsey wanted to stay, they had an agreement and Arsenal took the deal away.

 

[Tourbillion]

This was a throwback on twitter today!

Men.

 

[drippin]

sad to think that Ramsey wanted to stay and we dumped him - he very rarely failed to give his best too

He has given his best for Juventus in 485 minutes in total this season. His injury problems seem to continue even at worse league, which should not surprise anyone.

 

[GDeep™]

J Hus, Must Be. How have I just heard that.

 

[blaze_of_glory]

Go back a few pages and get some coffee recommendations. It's all here in this thread

I made some of those myself!