Yes, I do think Emery deserves time, and yes he did take over a mess left by the hapless Wenger, but yesterday’s team selection was really bad.
I know we have to rotate but when you put Mustafi, Elneny, Guendouzi, Jenkinson & Mavropanos in the same team you are really asking for trouble. When I saw the team sheet I knew we were in for a long day 🙄
Mustafi is sh!t pure & simple, & was at least partly to blame for all 3 goals.
Elneny is trying and currently failing to be good enough as a squad player.
Guendouzi is young with great potential but is not yet good enough to ‘manage’ Elneny.
Jenkinson is rusty and probably not good enough anyway.
Mavropanos also has great potential but he’s just come back from a long term injury.
We were lucky to only concede one in the first half. The introduction of Maitland-Niles & Torreira improved things but there is no accounting for gaffe prone Mustafi.
Emery ducked responsibility at the post-match interview- he should have held his hand up...
Really poor from Emery...
posted on 22/4/19
comment by Choice City (U6187)
posted 4 hours, 12 minutes ago
We won’t win another game this season without Ramsey probably, I’m usually always unrealistically optimistic
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And what does this say about next season? This club is failing in its ownership, in the front office, on the sidelines and on the field. Otherwise, things are just fine!
posted on 22/4/19
If you’re an upcoming cb like Zac Medley, you gotta be wondering how someone like Mustafi keeps getting these opportunities and messing up badly. Why doesn’t the guy ever learn, such easy errors aswell. It will be a victory when he leaves, he’s a top park footballer at best.
posted on 22/4/19
comment by PowerkingHenry27 (U18930)
posted 41 seconds ago
If you’re an upcoming cb like Zac Medley, you gotta be wondering how someone like Mustafi keeps getting these opportunities and messing up badly. Why doesn’t the guy ever learn, such easy errors aswell. It will be a victory when he leaves, he’s a top park footballer at best.
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It's the same as when Wenger was here underperforming players always gets into the team no matter what,and the biggest problem is Emery won't have the money like Utd to replace the deadwood so we are stuck with them and not getting CL football is Suicide.
posted on 22/4/19
comment by 💉Dexter Morgan🔪 (U22016)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by PowerkingHenry27 (U18930)
posted 41 seconds ago
If you’re an upcoming cb like Zac Medley, you gotta be wondering how someone like Mustafi keeps getting these opportunities and messing up badly. Why doesn’t the guy ever learn, such easy errors aswell. It will be a victory when he leaves, he’s a top park footballer at best.
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It's the same as when Wenger was here underperforming players always gets into the team no matter what,and the biggest problem is Emery won't have the money like Utd to replace the deadwood so we are stuck with them and not getting CL football is Suicide.
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I just don’t understand how he was given a new deal and huge pay rise, surely at board level they should realise we need to cut below average players on big money out of the squad. He’s on par with Stepanovs ,maybe worse. This club is making more and more bizarre decisions. Letting Ramsey leave for free, giving new deals to Mustafi and other average players. Not a lot making sense anymore.
posted on 22/4/19
comment by PowerkingHenry27 (U18930)
posted 8 seconds ago
comment by 💉Dexter Morgan🔪 (U22016)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by PowerkingHenry27 (U18930)
posted 41 seconds ago
If you’re an upcoming cb like Zac Medley, you gotta be wondering how someone like Mustafi keeps getting these opportunities and messing up badly. Why doesn’t the guy ever learn, such easy errors aswell. It will be a victory when he leaves, he’s a top park footballer at best.
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It's the same as when Wenger was here underperforming players always gets into the team no matter what,and the biggest problem is Emery won't have the money like Utd to replace the deadwood so we are stuck with them and not getting CL football is Suicide.
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I just don’t understand how he was given a new deal and huge pay rise, surely at board level they should realise we need to cut below average players on big money out of the squad. He’s on par with Stepanovs ,maybe worse. This club is making more and more bizarre decisions. Letting Ramsey leave for free, giving new deals to Mustafi and other average players. Not a lot making sense anymore.
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Who ever is in charge of players contacts must have 0 knowledge about football,just just look at them continuing to give Wenger a new contract for years and years even though he was getting worse and worse.
posted on 22/4/19
comment by The Godfather (U10154)
posted 54 minutes ago
Mustafi rightly getting a lot of blame but I really feel Guendouzi performance in centre of park really set tone for rest of team. Gave the ball away 50% of time, can't pass can't shoot, ruined the great aubameyang cross at end of by needlessly fouling. He genuinely looked like an average Sunday league player amongst Premier league players
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Agree and it's frustrating because Elneny is just s/-/it - he can't help it and should have never been signed, I can only assume Emery is playing him to put him in the shop window but realistically we should terminate his contract and let him go for free (well apart from the compensation). Guendouzi however showed so much promise at the start but has seriously regressed in the second half of the season and I'm starting to worry whether he really has the ability to make it as a top CM now. His footballing brain/thought process seems to be too slow and he frequently gets caught on the ball and gives it away cheaply putting us under pressure because that usually happens when we're pushed up the field and he's behind play allowing the other team to counter with a man or more advantage.
Lately it's more like Guendozy than Guendouzi tbh.
posted on 22/4/19
Guendouzi is a teenager from Ligue 2. Bound to struggle in his first season. Talent is there though.
posted on 22/4/19
Guendouzi has already started too many games for my liking
Should be a regular in the cup competitions, not in the prem
posted on 22/4/19
comment by The Godfather (U10154)
posted 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
Mustafi rightly getting a lot of blame but I really feel Guendouzi performance in centre of park really set tone for rest of team. Gave the ball away 50% of time, can't pass can't shoot, ruined the great aubameyang cross at end of by needlessly fouling. He genuinely looked like an average Sunday league player amongst Premier league players
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90% pass success from 86 passes (so 8 giveaways)
5 accurate long balls from 5 attempts. 2 key passes.
Ozil and Guendouzi were the ones pushing us forward. Lack of movement ahead of them was a big problem.
posted on 22/4/19
comment by Andre's Samba Scarf (U6253)
posted 7 hours, 9 minutes ago
He did underestimate Palace. Most fans saw the danger in that lineup as we aren't new to this league. He gets a pass on this one for me as he hasn't done much wrong, and the drop off in quality to towards the back end of our squad is massive.
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I'm sorry but I don't buy this excuse of being new to the league. As if that means he can't have watched Palace at all over the last few years... or watched Arsenal before he started the job... or had access to hours of video footage and stats and an experienced coaching staff to advise him that the likes of Zaha and yes, Christian f*cking Benteke, are quite likely to be dangerous to us???