Yeah, that would be me too I think. They look stronger than Utd certainly - busier in the MF & more incisive up top.
I agree that ambition off the pitch must match the ambition on it but for some reason, I still don't want the manager and the players to get into the mindset of simply fighting for fourth. Push for the title until its mathematically impossible. I just want more for Arsenal and wish I could say Kroenke and the board felt the same.
Difference between us and Bournemouth is that we have the resources to aim for the title so that is a fairly disingenuous comparison. When I say aim for the title, I'm not talking about wishing and hoping that we somehow win it. I mean doing everything in our power to win it, buying players, improving our current staff, our fitness methods, all of it. City didn't win the title by simply saying they want to win it. They invested money into the club's training ground, facilities, bought players, brought in Guardiola and went for it.
Whether they indulge in hype or not - they still represent your fanbase.
I'm surprised so many of you seemed to expect to lose. Even at our worst I went into big games at Anfield with the expectation that a result was very possible.
Because liverpool had their usual 10 minutes complete meltdown in which they gave up 3 soft goals. The remaining 80 minutes were a mauling. There's a big difference between looking competitive for 90 minutes and looking competitive for 10 minutes because the other team had a mini-meltdown
Arsenal’s home record was pretty good last year, they were terrible away.
Yes, and still for 80 minutes in that game they looked like boys against men. It's not hard to see they were far more competitive this time around
How? Why?This is a great stat, but if we don't improve in the first half the likes of City and Tottenham are gonna kill us.
Pretty much the same as Sanchez over at your place
If you had to rank them in terms of rubbishness Mhkitaryan, Welbeck or Silvestre?Pretty much the same as Sanchez over at your place
Can't be that bad, surely?Pretty much the same as Sanchez over at your place
Problem is, when Mikhi hasn't a good day, he has an awful day and nothing works.
Without hesitation, Silvestre.If you had to rank them in terms of rubbishness Mhkitaryan, Welbeck or Silvestre?
Obviously for us Sanchez has been way more rubbish than Van Perise was
I haven’t seen much of Sanchez since, but Mhiki might edge him on return on investment and value at the moment.
Not to mention how waaaay more expensive AS is and will be.If you had to rank them in terms of rubbishness Mhkitaryan, Welbeck or Silvestre?
Obviously for us Sanchez has been way more rubbish than Van Perise was
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Thought I'd check if you'd seen the light yet?
if you're going use terms like seen the light you'd come across much less of a dick doing so if you didn't just do it after a game he's scored two goals (one a pen) in
This isn't true, we came back from 2-0 down to beat Spurs 5-2 a few years back. Things went badly wrong in his last season but I'm not going to pretend like Wenger didn't have days like today during the latter half of his reign. I'm just happy Emery is continuing the great man's good work.
To be fair, Aubameyang was obviously a world class striker and everyone knew that when he was a Dortmund. Saying "we should have bought him" is a no brainer, and it's nothing to do with hindsight. It has nothing to do with his current game either, so it's weird that you'd ever have the opinion that he isn't one player we should have went for when you consider how shite our current striker is.
Sorry I should have said in his last couple of seasons, heads dropped when these things happened.
I wonder whether you'd have called Lukaku shite last season?
I did, countless times... I never wanted him in the first place and said in the summer I was amazed United, Chelsea and Arsenal all wasted their time spending huge money on lacazette/lukaku/morata instead of getting Auba. Lacazette tbf I like he just isnt really a lone striker type, but is showing his quality this season splitting with Aubameyang.
I think that is fair. My post was just a reaction to how tired I'm getting of how people seem incapable of praising Emery without comparing him to Wenger in some fashion and casting the latter in a negative light. Its understandable given the large shadow Wenger casts over the club but I think its best to let Emery grow as his own manager without comparing everything that he does to his predecessor.
Fair point, for all the abuse Wenger gets he's still the 2nd most succesful manager in premier league history. I also don't blame him for the lack of fight more just everything became stale for both players and manager as opposed to it being Arsene's fault.
I blame Wenger wholeheartedly for how stale things got. The backroom that he left the club with was the same one he brought with him. He never freshened things up coaching wise and just kept the same yes men around him. He kept faith with too many players who weren't playing for him and it cost him his job.
Makes you wonder how stale the coaching in other departments had been allowed to become as well.
