Emery

And those games against Vilarreal? In my opinion our manager didn't commit to attack for the first game or the first half the second game. After that it was too late.

We've had this issue for years since Wenger was here, it's not down to any specific manager or tactics. Managers have a big influence on the mentality of the squad but there's only so much they can do depending on the players and we have a very poor group. We've got players with talent but they're not consistent or don't turn up when it really matters. Someone like Tierney on the other hand leads from the front and rarely has a bad game. But we don't have many of those characters and you need them to be successful.

One thing though is the club has no direction or leadership from the very top, from the Kroenkes to Vinai to Edu we're completely rudderless. Some of these players could go to City or Liverpool where there's more structure and a stronger mentality and do well but Arsenal is a tough club to join because expectations are high but there's so many things wrong with the club.

comment by 8bit (U2653)
posted 25 minutes ago
One thing though is the club has no direction or leadership from the very top, from the Kroenkes to Vinai to Edu we're completely rudderless. Some of these players could go to City or Liverpool where there's more structure and a stronger mentality and do well but Arsenal is a tough club to join because expectations are high but there's so many things wrong with the club.
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That I agree with 100%

He couldn’t speak English. That was literally the only thing that sealed his doom

the fans are also culpable.

how many times I hear "our players are better than them" whenever we lose to a team we deem beneath us.

No, our players are useless we overate them and when they fail we can't understand why

One thing though is the club has no direction or leadership from the very top, from the Kroenkes to Vinai to Edu we're completely rudderless.
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Don't forget the Hill Wood mob (Bank of england my @rse)

How many times did we sell our best player(s) how many times did we break the transfer record??
I remeber when Newcastle paid £15mil for Shearer thinking "we'd never spend that kind of money on a player" (relative costs of course)

Different eras. Different owners had different problems. You cannot compare how we conducted business in the past just like you cannot compare problems different managers face and how they have solved or not solved those unique problems.

Our problem now lie with Kroenke's indifference to our performances and acceptance of mediocrity. In the past players were often given a pass on their performances and now it seems they have accepted 'no consequences approach' at management level as well.

I think it's how we operate, we always do just enough for whatever situation we find ourselves in and this leads to crisis management.

also we accept mediocrity because we trade on the club name....a bit like marks and spencers

Nah. Wenger was fired when we dropped out of the top 4 and Emery was fired despite finishing 5th and getting to a final.