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The coach of a side that was gobbed 8-zip, probably has a job safer than some of the other teams in the league currently 😂
fundy
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Yay, first at something for a change! 😄🤪🤣only cos youve already lapped everyone in this years sack race
Tashyboy
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Well ave gotta say I was a big VAR fan. I was all for it. But after This seasons Rammel decisions I have seen up to yet, you can shove it. Quite frankly it's a shower of ( insert own word). Is it the disallowed City goal v Spurs that got me thinking about changing my mind. Maybe. Is it 1 MM offside yesterday. Maybe, is it the goal v Liverpool today where 8 players touched the ball after the initial offside where not one defender appealed. Maybe. Same as the City game where not one player appealed for offside. Maybe it's the game yesterday where the Burnley player was fouled for an obvious penalty 10 yds from the ref, where VAR was not used. Maybe it's a dozen other instances. Whatever the reason, VAR was brought in to eliminate us bitching on here re human error from referees partly because they got it wrong and partly because of players cheating. Human error I can accept, but human error involving technology. No way. VAR you can shove it.
Maybe this was brought home today by watching the Rugby Union World Cup were referees know what exactly what the are asking for and referees take no crap from players. Plus the Rugby federation are happy, sorry it is the norm to " cite" players after the game for cheating. Come what may from Tashyboys point of view, you can shove VAR.
Rant over.
Maybe this was brought home today by watching the Rugby Union World Cup were referees know what exactly what the are asking for and referees take no crap from players. Plus the Rugby federation are happy, sorry it is the norm to " cite" players after the game for cheating. Come what may from Tashyboys point of view, you can shove VAR.
Rant over.
fundy
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somehow were winning 3-2
HomerJSimpson
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Are we a happy camper now? Or do you think they'll find a new way to throw it awaysomehow were winning 3-2
fundy
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short term joy but nothings changed has it, we still have the wrong structure, still cant defend, thankfully we have quality at the other end of the park which may have bailed us out again but that wont work often enough
as an arsenal and btts and liverpool and btts backer im happy though, or will be if the refs would blow FT haha
HomerJSimpson
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Not much you can do until January regarding personnel and the only way you can change defending and the set up is for the manager to change his philosophy. Can't rely on the forwards to get the side out of trouble every time. Still a win is a win and 4th in the table and only one defeat in the last five
sawtooth
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Are you joking? Fundy is never happy with Arsenal.
Emery is only getting started, he’s doing well and will keep things improving at Arsenal.
PJ87
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Needs to drastically improve the defence
USER1999
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Is that for real? Every available stat has him worse than Aresene Wengers last 20 games. That isn't to blow smoke up Wenger, it is to point out just how bad Dick is.
And what ever happens, Mourinho is not the answer.
Slime
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United .................... sack the board, they're killing us right now.
It's going to be a long season unless we buy a midfielder come January, and possibly a striker, too!
It's going to be a long season unless we buy a midfielder come January, and possibly a striker, too!
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Did you see the stats mid game about the spend since 2013?
sawtooth
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Of course and he will most likely in the fullness of time.
Despite what some on here say I’m optimistic and excited about the future.
Great youngsters like Willock and Saka coming through, Pepe will be exceptional once he settles in ( could take a season) and we have Bellerin, Holding, even Saliba when he joins us.
Winning playing bad is not a bad quality either.
PJ87
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Was pepe actually what you needed though? Another winger
Would that money not be better invested in a decent defender
sawtooth
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We have decent defenders and defensive midfielders, they are young and will make mistakes. Take Guendouzi he’s only 20 he will only get better like most of the squad.
It’s a difficult balancing act, every manager needs to blend youth and experience and keep within a budget , not easy.
I dont think we should judge Emery too harshly too soon.
PJ87
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Second season already when can he be judged?
Your cbs are ropey. The fact that david Luiz has walked into the team says a lot. Hes a liability
fundy
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No not at all imho but it was what Dick wanted for his preferred style of playing.
He is hamstrung to some degree by the prior mismanagement of assets (ie paying Ozil 350k a week, buying Mustafi etc etc)
More worrying for me are the comments he makes. That the defenders are going to have to learn how to play out from the back and are working on it, that Torreira could be used as an attacking midfielder, that Granit Xhaka is his captain. They are so clearly the wrong noises for a side that is conceding more shots than any other top flight team currently!!!
sawtooth
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Luiz for all his faults was a shrewd piece of business. We needed some one half decent and experienced ready to come in to replace what was shipped out. It’s not a long term thing probably 1-2 seasons IMO.
I will change my mind on Emery when he looks like a man running out of ideas.
Slime
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To be honest, I couldn't give a stuff about what was spent/wasted six years ago.
I'm interested in who Ole is allowed to buy.
It was patently clear that we needed to bolster the midfield, having lost Herera, and we just didn't.
The midfield situation is critical, especially when Pogba's not available, as he's our main man in there!
The Glazer's have badly let us down ............................... and Woodward's a chump.
