I thought we were physically better tuned under Emery but as the season goes on, it seems like we have blown out of energy.
The defence is probably the worst it's ever been. He has made no improvements or adopted a style that has made us harder to beat
The midfield is also up there as one of the worst we have had. In games they have provided zero protection to the defence and have added virtually nothing in terms of goals and assist
Also the attack is probably the worst in terms of creativity. Yes we get goals as a team but we hardly create anything these days. Basically all the creativity lies with Kolasinac rather than the Mf
Yes we don't have the quality but surely in the big games he must do more to make us tougher to beat even if it means sitting back in games and not playing out from the back.
Everything about the subs, the footy as a whole just seems erratic and at times desperate.
Something really has to happen at the club. Empty seats, financially and commercially falling behind other teams and probably the worst brand of football played by the club for many years.
Emery has made no improvements
posted on 26/1/19
Not really. You still had a better team than Villa, Everton and Spurs. They were the competition.
posted on 26/1/19
Perez is a good player tbf. Wenger just never gave him a chance.
Mustafi is a good player as well.
posted on 27/1/19
comment by Bats (U18355)
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comment by The Godfather (U10154)
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comment by Tu Meke Mesut(U3732)
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You said he had spending restrictions, you've just shown that he didn't.
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OK if you want to use West ham and Everton type spending as a barometer then we didn't have restrictions . If you are more realistic and look at the spending of united city Chelsea and pool then our spending is miles behind them..
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Lol our net spend is bigger than Chelsea, Liverpool and Spurs over the last 5 years and our wages are higher than at least 2 of those 3 so god only knows how they can compete with the big spenders of this world like west Ham and Everton
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Ffs our net spend in 5 years was not bigger than Chelsea and is about the same as Liverpool. Net spend is a poor marker to use anyway as we didn't buy players with World class potential to then go and sell for extortionate amounts and bring our net spend down
Total expenditure is key here as it determines the type of player you get. Right now upwards of 70 million gets you a world class player in defence or in goal like Liverpool have bought. These players are what create title challenges as you can see with pool. Xhaka and mustafi for 30 odd million are small West ham /Everton style buys not title challenging buys
Our wages are fifth highest in league only spurs are below us and they are notorious for underpaying. Why do you just simply make stuff up? The evidence is all out there
posted on 27/1/19
Mane £35M
Sane £35M
Salah £35M
Son £25M
But we spent £35M on Mustafi? £35M on Xhaka? £20M on Welbeck? £20M on Chambers? £20M on Perez?
We have had money to spend, we spent it on rubbish.
I take your point about big signings now, but you have to complement them with "everton/west ham" level players as you stupidly put it. We had that chance and we blew it.
posted on 27/1/19
So how get we out of that spiral becoming mediocrity? In buying more dross?
I tell you something. Without heavy investment and spending beyond requirements all over the place we debate again and again. PL teams can equally spend what we do. So we have to aim higher and not try to solve problems with players other clubs want to get rid of.
Wenger worked miracles in getting CL places with far weaker teams than we have currently.
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Clear off players who aren't good enough, get them off the ludicrously high wages we've given them.
Bring in players who first and foremost can cope with the physical demands of the league, with a view to being good on the ball too. Torreira looks top class, Guendouzi looks like he can get there with more development. It's a mix of good scouting and shrewd transfer dealings.
To challenge for the league we will need the signings you speak of, but we need to learn how to crawl before we can walk.
Wenger didn't work miracles, that's absurd. He did do a good job, however. When he started spending big money on midfielders and defenders, that's when it unfortunately started going downhill.
posted on 27/1/19
Total expenditure is key here as it determines the type of player you get. Right now upwards of 70 million gets you a world class player in defence or in goal like Liverpool have bought. These players are what create title challenges as you can see with pool. Xhaka and mustafi for 30 odd million are small West ham /Everton style buys not title challenging buys
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You are judging the fees on today's market. When we signed Xhaka and Mustafi they were in the top 20 fees ever paid,mans among the top for their positions,
Even Leno was top 5 most expensive keeper fees before Allisson and then Kepa changed the market.
Liverpools average net spend per season is £30m over 5 years. Ours is £45m, significantly higher. However, Liverpool have signed a player for £8m and sold him for £100 and whatever million. Our biggest profit on a player recently is about £10m.
It is clear investment isn't the issue, but how it is invested.Players on massive wages that can't be sold, over paying on players who haven't been a success, inability to get decent prices for players we sell.
posted on 27/1/19
Which for a self-sustaining club like Arsenal - something Wenger advocated for his entire reign - is massive mismanagement of funds.
posted on 27/1/19
Liverpool have been signing top players for many years now. Yes they got many of them for good prices but at the time the players were well known quality players. Suarez, Mane, Coutinho Torres for example were signed and we all knew they could turn out to be world class. At this time we wernt signing anyone near this quality or spending this type of money. Look now much pool sold some of the above players for, it set them up for years to come in terms of net spend. They also bought badly with countless duds, Carroll being the headline but countless more.
If Wenger had been given the funds /decided to sign top quality players during the period I'm speaking off perhaps we would be selling players for nearly a 100 million.
In any case we can't use net spend for Liverpool due to the exorbitant amounts received by them
posted on 27/1/19
At this time we wernt signing anyone near this quality or spending this type of money.
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We were spending that type of money though More, in fact - Ozil, Alexis, Xhaka, Mustafi, Laca, Auba.
posted on 27/1/19
At this time we wernt signing anyone near this quality or spending this type of money.
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Oh would you just Fack off with this utter bullcrap. You're either lying or stupid.