Xela Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Nothing but an average team now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Apparently looking into signing John Stones in the summer. He would be such a perfect fit for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 44 minutes ago, sne said: Apparently looking into signing John Stones in the summer. He would be such a perfect fit for them Stones and Luiz or Richards and Lescott. Who would you prefer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Arsenal haven’t won an away game against a top 6 side for 5 years. They are very much on the slide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Team full of charlatans. No heart or desire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 I think Arteta will fail miserably as a manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 They’ll still beat us though. We haven’t beat them at home since 98. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 27 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: They’ll still beat us though. We haven’t beat them at home since 98. And when was the last time we got anything at OT? Yet we managed to get a draw there. Have some faith. Arsenal are dog s***. They are 9th.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 We can get at them that's for sure, we should have a bit of confidence going in to it They have the quality in attack to beat us but at the same time have a shit defence and questionable mentality We were robbed in the first game and 5 goals sounds about right with those defences... Nil nil incoming... But even that isn't too bad, just get something from them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 11 minutes ago, villa4europe said: We can get at them that's for sure, we should have a bit of confidence going in to it They have the quality in attack to beat us but at the same time have a shit defence and questionable mentality We were robbed in the first game and 5 goals sounds about right with those defences... Nil nil incoming... But even that isn't too bad, just get something from them We weren't really robbed. They were all over us in the second half. It was coming. Same against Spurs at home. We need to learn to be good for the whole game not just 1st half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) Looking in as a neutral I still don't think Emery did that bad a job in his first season. He got them to the Europa Final and 5th place. Given the current climate that is probably about as good as Arsenal will get at present, they are not a top 4 club anymore. Its was more that he couldn't speak English well enough and became a subject of unfair ridicule. At least he always looked smart in a club suit and tie. Edited June 19, 2020 by The Fun Factory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 The Arsenal fans are the issue, they have an arrogance because they went unbeaten 15 years ago. Wenger getting 4th every season was really overachieving and are now at the level. Emery did a decent job if a little negative in games. Bit like some Villa fans they have hopes and ambitions which are not realistic to the current game 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 4 hours ago, villalad21 said: And when was the last time we got anything at OT? Yet we managed to get a draw there. Have some faith. Arsenal are dog s***. They are 9th.. We beat Man Utd away in 2009 although haven't' beat them at home since 95 so even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, villa4europe said: We can get at them that's for sure, we should have a bit of confidence going in to it They have the quality in attack to beat us but at the same time have a shit defence and questionable mentality We were robbed in the first game and 5 goals sounds about right with those defences... Nil nil incoming... But even that isn't too bad, just get something from them Think we'll need to beat them if we're to avoid having to go to West Ham on final day to win to have any chance. I think it's a winnable game. We would've won at Emirates if DS had actually strengthened the midfield for last 20 minutes. If you stop the crosses Aubameyang wouldn't influence things and the rest of their senior players are very mediocre these days. They've won two away games all season and one of those was at Newcastle on the opening day. Edited June 19, 2020 by VillaChris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Unleashing Keinan against that Arsenal defence will be interesting to see. Think he will make dinner out of them. They are so frail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Zatman said: The Arsenal fans are the issue, they have an arrogance because they went unbeaten 15 years ago. Wenger getting 4th every season was really overachieving and are now at the level. Emery did a decent job if a little negative in games. Bit like some Villa fans they have hopes and ambitions which are not realistic to the current game This is the problem with a lot of football fans. They don’t see that you can change manager and get worse. They thought Wenger was holding them back for some reason. Villa fans are typical of that too. “I’m fed up of this, let’s change the manager” assuming it’s a guaranteed ticket to improvement. It’ll be interesting to see how the next 2/3 years go for Arsenal. Some massively paid players like Ozil and Luiz who are turning in 4 and 5 out of 10 performances. Then the squad of padded out with mediocre who don’t want to be there. United can afford a major investment spree to get back up the table, and keep doing it year after year. Arsenal are going to be trapped in the middle third for a long time I think. If Newcastle are bought and big money is spent it’s another club that will leapfrog them. Man City, Liverpool, Spurs, Leicester, Man United, Chelsea are settled in the top 6. Wolves also look like they might crash that party too. Top 8 at best it looks like for them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 They're pining it on the next generation like we did from 2010 onwards. Sometimes it works, very often it dosen't unless you've got a good crop of senior pros which Arsenal certainly don't. Nekeith couldn't get a regular start at Leeds, Willock just looks like a mid table busy midfielder who'll be at Newcastle or West Ham in 2-3 years, same for Reiss Nelson. Guendouzi is a little bit like Douglas Luiz although potential is there with good coaching. Maitland Niles is very average. Saka looks the best of the lot but seems he's stalling on a new deal himself. They also signed a French CB for 20 odd million last summer so he'll be an option for them next season although only 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 They have the same stale ownership = players who simply don't give a **** = everyone blame the manager cycle that utd are stuck in as well as several other worse clubs so it results in going down, us under Lerner for example They do have some good youngsters, they do have some good well paid experienced players but honestly you could strip that squad down to 2 or 3 players and start again, the arsenal fans I know even hate the likes of bellerin, but then even that won't work with kroenke still there creating the limbo that has plagued them for nearly a decade now, they have no identity at the top of the club, not sure they can even claim to be the world class leaders of corporate facilities anymore They're prime candidates to be a team that don't turn up for the restart and lose a string of games simply cos they can't be arsed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 They were utterly dreadful against Man City (who looked immense). Next game will be a better barometer of how seriously they are taking the restart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 They could defintely lose to Brighton. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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