The Arsenal FC - Related News and Development for 2019/2020

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Welcome to 10 days ago Ornstein.

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Arsenal vs Real Madrid today. Redskins Stadium-Landover.

[ojafranpa]

Here is what I think we want to address. Of the top 6 last season, we created by far the least chances, least shot on goal, least goals etc etc. We were the worst offence. We were also the worst defence.

Many take the view that our toothlessness encouraged teams to attack us more than they did the other top 6 teams. The idea is to make teams focus on defending and forget about attacking us consistently. I think we are trying to deal with the creative side of our football first, because belief is defending is more to fo with coaching rather the players.

For me, we need players in that defence and Central midfield.

Last season, we were 3rd team with the highest goals scored, 73 goals for after Man City with 95 and Liverpool with 89. Whereas as per goals conceded we have the 3rd worst record among the top 10 teams. Even Wolves 7th, Everton 8th and Leicester at 9th conceded less goals than we did. That shows exactly where our problems lie. In the defence.
It becomes a big cause for concern when we have to score 3 goals to win a match.

To be fair Waffi pointed that out very early on during last season. Waffi pointedly stated Arsenal unhealthy dependence on Laca and Auba, Recall after wins vs Spurs, Watford, Everton, Bournemouth etc Waffi posting stats on Arsenal chances created vs chances finished ratio, that is was not remotely sustainable and sooner or later Arsenal would regress to mean.

Eventually as Waffi predicted the chickens came home to roost, no doubt Arsenal must upgrade CB and LB position, no doubt Arsenal must improve as a collective defensively but it s also true Arsenal despite goals for stat were often a blunt as wooden spoon going forward.

Yeah i quite remember Waffi mentioning this. And i do not have a problem if an exceptional attacking player is available and we go for it. But Zaha is not an exceptional player. As far as I am concerned our pursuing Zaha is akin to our adventure in January with Suarez from Barca. We all remember how that ended up playing.
Scoring is not our problem. A basket defence is our major problem. And i believe we should pick a page from Liverpool's experience. We all saw how that Dutch CD changed the team. That's what a quality CD can do. I am so comfortable with us spending all the cash available to acquire a CD.

My bro, I think there are lots of quality wide attackers out there that will be cheaper, but Zaha is an attraction because he is EPL proven. We have bought unproven players in Saliba and Martinelli. The other players we are linked to are also unproven. We need proven quality too.

Also, I think Zaha is a better player than you give him credit for. I also believe playing with the likes of Auba and Laca will make him better.

However, I hope we do not pay the stupid money.

£65 million + Nelson for a player that has never scored more than 11 goals in a season? No thanks. Would rather just go with Iwobi and Nelson and get a world class centerback that can ball and contribute this year.

[Tunisian Gooner]

Personally, I was always of the opinion that we did not offer enough threat offensively. The defenders playing for the teams that did better than us were not head and shoulders above ours.

The problem was always offensive threat and team defending, especially defensive midfield.

Once we cut down on turnovers (esp from Xhaka), and everyone defends from the top, and we get more goals from our midfield, our league position will improve drastically.

Ramsey was one of those that killed us with turnovers, but of course he was leaving and became the best ever. I will not miss his dallying on the ball at all. I wish him the best.

Our not offering enough offensively is due to how the Emery positions the players on the pitch. TACTICS. Now some here we take it as an attack on Emery. But the truth must be told.
In many matches we have one of the best creator of chances Ozil playing so deep in our own half when he more effective in the opponent 3rd half. Auba is known for his speed, but can someone recollect how many times last season we explored this skill to score a counter attacking goal? I bet everyone is scratching their head to remember such a goal.
With the number of goals we scored last season, if we had conceded just 10 less goals we would have finished 3rd in the league. And yes, that's a fact. It all points to the same thing. A leaking basket of a defence.
And yes defending is a team's work. So we need to get a quality defender into our starting eleven and possibly bring back Keown to help beat our defending into shape.

Azuka, your points are solid. However, I don't think statistics tell all the story here. Yes, we may say that conceding 10 less goals would have gotten us in third position, but I daresay that a more potent and efficient attack would have made opponents less likely to attack us in the first place.

The EPL is a league of confidence. If you are a top side, the only way you can stay a top side is by attacking the lower teams with such ruthlessness that their game plan will always be around defense first. For me, that is Manchester City and Liverpool's main weapons. Most teams prepare to defend first against those teams cause if you dare attack them, you leave holes that they exploit with ruthless efficiency. That is also the main weapon Sir Alex used to make Manchester United almost invincible. He used that fear factor to kill opponents and referees alike, even the FA.

Once these lower teams in the EPL gain the confidence to have a go at you anyhow, then you cease to be a top team. That is why I'm not too worried that we seem to be going for more attacking players. Don't get me wrong, I also want a CB and a LB.

I highlighted your points here because this is the same points i made earlier in the course of last season when Emery goes to play a team fighting relegation and deploys a defensive minded team. It's all about tactics.
Being that said, the question we all need to answer is why is it that we need to score 2 or more goals to win a match? Leading by one goal leads every Arsenal fan with a near-heartache until the referee blows his final whistle?

Bro, you said we are set up defensive, yet we cannot protect a one nil lead. It takes me back to a point I made earlier. As much as we need defenders who can defend, we also need a system that will get the best out of the players. Emery. As a new Coach tried many ideas, made too many changes and never had a settled team. This especially harmed a team that were not the best defensively.

Now we he has learnt his lessons and addresses the defensive issues in the team. For example, he changed our defending of Corners and wide free kicks from zonal to man marking, this was a mistake in timing. I now expect improvement.

Yes in most of our away matches last season especially against the lower placed team. And the ridiculous thing is we still lost. Everyone is now saying sign Zaha, come start of the season and we are playing away to one of those lower league teams, expect Emery to dump Zaha on the bench for one flimpsy excuse or the other. The way he chops and changes the team is beyond imagination.
Honestly even if we sign Neymar, Messi, Ronaldo and that Liverpool CD of quality, i have no hope in Emery that we will make the top 4. He's too consistently inconsistent with his lineup to give me hope. And that cost us the CL this season. If anyone wonders why he was sacked in the dressing room in Russia after a match, then the match against Crystal Palace at home which he THREW away by his chopping and changing of his line-up is it.
Football it's a team game. It requires a core of 8 to 9 players playing consistently together to develop telepathy. Last season Emery doesn't have that. And i doubt if he will this season.
So back to siddonlook mode.

Ummm..Arsenal results with Bellerin, Holding, Welbeck and Ramsey spoke for themselves. If even 2 of those 4 were fit during the run in Arsenal finish third with ease. Line up changes during the run in were by necessity,

[Thunder]

Arsenal vs Real Madrid today. Redskins Stadium-Landover.

The Gunners had an open practice last night at the University of Maryland’s Ludwig Stadium. They were well received by locals and gooners in attendance.

[azuka]

Personally, I was always of the opinion that we did not offer enough threat offensively. The defenders playing for the teams that did better than us were not head and shoulders above ours.

The problem was always offensive threat and team defending, especially defensive midfield.

Once we cut down on turnovers (esp from Xhaka), and everyone defends from the top, and we get more goals from our midfield, our league position will improve drastically.

Ramsey was one of those that killed us with turnovers, but of course he was leaving and became the best ever. I will not miss his dallying on the ball at all. I wish him the best.

Our not offering enough offensively is due to how the Emery positions the players on the pitch. TACTICS. Now some here we take it as an attack on Emery. But the truth must be told.
In many matches we have one of the best creator of chances Ozil playing so deep in our own half when he more effective in the opponent 3rd half. Auba is known for his speed, but can someone recollect how many times last season we explored this skill to score a counter attacking goal? I bet everyone is scratching their head to remember such a goal.
With the number of goals we scored last season, if we had conceded just 10 less goals we would have finished 3rd in the league. And yes, that's a fact. It all points to the same thing. A leaking basket of a defence.
And yes defending is a team's work. So we need to get a quality defender into our starting eleven and possibly bring back Keown to help beat our defending into shape.

Azuka, your points are solid. However, I don't think statistics tell all the story here. Yes, we may say that conceding 10 less goals would have gotten us in third position, but I daresay that a more potent and efficient attack would have made opponents less likely to attack us in the first place.

The EPL is a league of confidence. If you are a top side, the only way you can stay a top side is by attacking the lower teams with such ruthlessness that their game plan will always be around defense first. For me, that is Manchester City and Liverpool's main weapons. Most teams prepare to defend first against those teams cause if you dare attack them, you leave holes that they exploit with ruthless efficiency. That is also the main weapon Sir Alex used to make Manchester United almost invincible. He used that fear factor to kill opponents and referees alike, even the FA.

Once these lower teams in the EPL gain the confidence to have a go at you anyhow, then you cease to be a top team. That is why I'm not too worried that we seem to be going for more attacking players. Don't get me wrong, I also want a CB and a LB.

I highlighted your points here because this is the same points i made earlier in the course of last season when Emery goes to play a team fighting relegation and deploys a defensive minded team. It's all about tactics.
Being that said, the question we all need to answer is why is it that we need to score 2 or more goals to win a match? Leading by one goal leads every Arsenal fan with a near-heartache until the referee blows his final whistle?

Bro, you said we are set up defensive, yet we cannot protect a one nil lead. It takes me back to a point I made earlier. As much as we need defenders who can defend, we also need a system that will get the best out of the players. Emery. As a new Coach tried many ideas, made too many changes and never had a settled team. This especially harmed a team that were not the best defensively.

Now we he has learnt his lessons and addresses the defensive issues in the team. For example, he changed our defending of Corners and wide free kicks from zonal to man marking, this was a mistake in timing. I now expect improvement.

Yes in most of our away matches last season especially against the lower placed team. And the ridiculous thing is we still lost. Everyone is now saying sign Zaha, come start of the season and we are playing away to one of those lower league teams, expect Emery to dump Zaha on the bench for one flimpsy excuse or the other. The way he chops and changes the team is beyond imagination.
Honestly even if we sign Neymar, Messi, Ronaldo and that Liverpool CD of quality, i have no hope in Emery that we will make the top 4. He's too consistently inconsistent with his lineup to give me hope. And that cost us the CL this season. If anyone wonders why he was sacked in the dressing room in Russia after a match, then the match against Crystal Palace at home which he THREW away by his chopping and changing of his line-up is it.
Football it's a team game. It requires a core of 8 to 9 players playing consistently together to develop telepathy. Last season Emery doesn't have that. And i doubt if he will this season.
So back to siddonlook mode.

Ummm..Arsenal results with Bellerin, Holding, Welbeck and Ramsey spoke for themselves. If even 2 of those 4 are fit during the run in Arsenal finish third with ease. Line up changes during the run in were by necessity,

No they were not. They were at the whims of Emery. The team that defeated Napoli away in Italy bar Ramsey would have at least earned a draw with Crystal Palace. Note Ozil wasn't in the starting line-up in Italy so this isn't about Ozil.

Now everyone hang on to the injuries of Holding and Welbeck as if these guys were starters. Maybe someone can tell us how many matches were played under Emery before these two got injured and how many these two started. Even Ramsey that you listed was left many times on the bench hale and hearty for reasons best known to Emery. Not until the later part of the season did Emery started featuring Ramsey. I remember reading somewhere that Emery has a hand in Ramsey's contract being withdrawn because he couldn't accommodate him in his team. Who knows. So apart from Bells enough of listing these guys as regulars. Does Emery even know his regulars?

Tomorrow now you guys will start listing Nacho as a regular forgetting that in many matches, Emery played Xhaka as either a left full back or a left sided CD even when Nacho was on the bench. And that was the point i lost it with Emery.
Like i said earlier, no one let Emery down. He let himself down big time. Hope he has learnt his lessons.

[azuka]

Personally, I was always of the opinion that we did not offer enough threat offensively. The defenders playing for the teams that did better than us were not head and shoulders above ours.

The problem was always offensive threat and team defending, especially defensive midfield.

Once we cut down on turnovers (esp from Xhaka), and everyone defends from the top, and we get more goals from our midfield, our league position will improve drastically.

Ramsey was one of those that killed us with turnovers, but of course he was leaving and became the best ever. I will not miss his dallying on the ball at all. I wish him the best.

Our not offering enough offensively is due to how the Emery positions the players on the pitch. TACTICS. Now some here we take it as an attack on Emery. But the truth must be told.
In many matches we have one of the best creator of chances Ozil playing so deep in our own half when he more effective in the opponent 3rd half. Auba is known for his speed, but can someone recollect how many times last season we explored this skill to score a counter attacking goal? I bet everyone is scratching their head to remember such a goal.
With the number of goals we scored last season, if we had conceded just 10 less goals we would have finished 3rd in the league. And yes, that's a fact. It all points to the same thing. A leaking basket of a defence.
And yes defending is a team's work. So we need to get a quality defender into our starting eleven and possibly bring back Keown to help beat our defending into shape.

Azuka, your points are solid. However, I don't think statistics tell all the story here. Yes, we may say that conceding 10 less goals would have gotten us in third position, but I daresay that a more potent and efficient attack would have made opponents less likely to attack us in the first place.

The EPL is a league of confidence. If you are a top side, the only way you can stay a top side is by attacking the lower teams with such ruthlessness that their game plan will always be around defense first. For me, that is Manchester City and Liverpool's main weapons. Most teams prepare to defend first against those teams cause if you dare attack them, you leave holes that they exploit with ruthless efficiency. That is also the main weapon Sir Alex used to make Manchester United almost invincible. He used that fear factor to kill opponents and referees alike, even the FA.

Once these lower teams in the EPL gain the confidence to have a go at you anyhow, then you cease to be a top team. That is why I'm not too worried that we seem to be going for more attacking players. Don't get me wrong, I also want a CB and a LB.

I highlighted your points here because this is the same points i made earlier in the course of last season when Emery goes to play a team fighting relegation and deploys a defensive minded team. It's all about tactics.
Being that said, the question we all need to answer is why is it that we need to score 2 or more goals to win a match? Leading by one goal leads every Arsenal fan with a near-heartache until the referee blows his final whistle?

Bro, you said we are set up defensive, yet we cannot protect a one nil lead. It takes me back to a point I made earlier. As much as we need defenders who can defend, we also need a system that will get the best out of the players. Emery. As a new Coach tried many ideas, made too many changes and never had a settled team. This especially harmed a team that were not the best defensively.

Now we he has learnt his lessons and addresses the defensive issues in the team. For example, he changed our defending of Corners and wide free kicks from zonal to man marking, this was a mistake in timing. I now expect improvement.

Yes in most of our away matches last season especially against the lower placed team. And the ridiculous thing is we still lost. Everyone is now saying sign Zaha, come start of the season and we are playing away to one of those lower league teams, expect Emery to dump Zaha on the bench for one flimpsy excuse or the other. The way he chops and changes the team is beyond imagination.
Honestly even if we sign Neymar, Messi, Ronaldo and that Liverpool CD of quality, i have no hope in Emery that we will make the top 4. He's too consistently inconsistent with his lineup to give me hope. And that cost us the CL this season. If anyone wonders why he was sacked in the dressing room in Russia after a match, then the match against Crystal Palace at home which he THREW away by his chopping and changing of his line-up is it.
Football it's a team game. It requires a core of 8 to 9 players playing consistently together to develop telepathy. Last season Emery doesn't have that. And i doubt if he will this season.
So back to siddonlook mode.

Ummm..Arsenal results with Bellerin, Holding, Welbeck and Ramsey spoke for themselves. If even 2 of those 4 were fit during the run in Arsenal finish third with ease. Line up changes during the run in were by necessity,

And by the way looking at the link below, there was no match unless my eyes were playing pranks with me, that the 4 you listed started together. Infact it is rare to see the 3 of the 4 you listed on the pitch at the same time.

You can verify for yourself here.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/team/result ... eason/2018

[Tunisian Gooner]

No they were not. They were at the whims of Emery. The team that defeated Napoli away in Italy bar Ramsey would have at least earned a draw with Crystal Palace. Note Ozil wasn't in the starting line-up in Italy so this isn't about Ozil.

Now everyone hang on to the injuries of Holding and Welbeck as if these guys were starters. Maybe someone can tell us how many matches were played under Emery before these two got injured and how many these two started. Even Ramsey that you listed was left many times on the bench hale and hearty for reasons best known to Emery. Not until the later part of the season did Emery started featuring Ramsey. I remember reading somewhere that Emery has a hand in Ramsey's contract being withdrawn because he couldn't accommodate him in his team. Who knows. So apart from Bells enough of listing these guys as regulars. Does Emery even know his regulars?

Tomorrow now you guys will start listing Nacho as a regular forgetting that in many matches, Emery played Xhaka as either a left full back or a left sided CD even when Nacho was on the bench. And that was the point i lost it with Emery.
Like i said earlier, no one let Emery down. He let himself down big time. Hope he has learnt his lessons.

Holding was the starting CB alongside Sokratis, Arsenal record in the PL with Holding starting...8 wins, 2 draws, 0 defeats. That is 26 out of possible 30 points Arsenal won with Holding starting.

Bellerin retains similar stats, Arsenal had 13 PL wins under their belt with Bellerin prior to season ending injury in January. Arsenal only won 8 PL games post Bellerin injury


The straw that broke the camels back was Ramsey injury, Arsenal with Ramsey went on run of 8 wins, 2 defeats and 1 draw in the PL, post Ramsey injury to Napoli the results were 3 defeats, 1 draw and 1 victory.

There is simple no argument to be made that injuries did not derail Arsenal season.

[azuka]

No they were not. They were at the whims of Emery. The team that defeated Napoli away in Italy bar Ramsey would have at least earned a draw with Crystal Palace. Note Ozil wasn't in the starting line-up in Italy so this isn't about Ozil.

Now everyone hang on to the injuries of Holding and Welbeck as if these guys were starters. Maybe someone can tell us how many matches were played under Emery before these two got injured and how many these two started. Even Ramsey that you listed was left many times on the bench hale and hearty for reasons best known to Emery. Not until the later part of the season did Emery started featuring Ramsey. I remember reading somewhere that Emery has a hand in Ramsey's contract being withdrawn because he couldn't accommodate him in his team. Who knows. So apart from Bells enough of listing these guys as regulars. Does Emery even know his regulars?

Tomorrow now you guys will start listing Nacho as a regular forgetting that in many matches, Emery played Xhaka as either a left full back or a left sided CD even when Nacho was on the bench. And that was the point i lost it with Emery.
Like i said earlier, no one let Emery down. He let himself down big time. Hope he has learnt his lessons.

Holding was the starting CB alongside Sokratis, Arsenal record in the PL with Holding starting...9 wins, 3 draws, 0 defeats. That is 27 out of possible 36 points Arsenal won with Holding starting.

Bellerin retains similar stats, Arsenal had 13 PL wins under their belt with Bellerin prior to season ending injury in January. Arsenal only won 8 PL games post Bellerin injury


The straw that broke the camels back was Ramsey injury, Arsenal with Ramsey went on run of 8 wins, 2 defeats and 1 draw in the PL, post Ramsey injury to Napoli the results were 3 defeats, 1 draw and 1 victory.

There is simple no argument to be made that injuries did not derail Arsenal season.

Holding's starting partner in the EPL before his injury was Musti and not Sokratis. Even against Liverpool at home or best match of the season in my opinion, he paired Musti . Infact he was never paired with Sokratis in a 2 CD defence except in the Europa league. That's one.

Secondly: Holding's first match in the EPL wasn't until the last league match in September against Watford? And he paired Musti not Sokratis.

Thirdly: while the matches in which Bells and Holding appeared are many, the matches featuring Bells, Holding and Ramsey can be counted on the fingers of one hand. There's hardly any match in which all for you listed started. So to list these as the core of Emery's team which got derailed because of injuries to them is wrong.

Fourthly between Holding's first match against Watford on Sept 29th, and the match against Man U when he was injured on December 5th, there were just 9 EPL matches. So where did you get your 9 wins and 3 draws (12 matches) from?

Don't get me wrong, I am as sad anybody anytime our players get injured. But to blame injuries for our woes in the EPL is simply shifting the blame. And the blame lies with Emery. QED.

[ojafranpa]

Arsenal vs Real Madrid today. Redskins Stadium-Landover.

The Gunners had an open practice last night at the University of Maryland’s Ludwig Stadium. They were well received by locals and gooners in attendance.

Getting ready for the game with my die hard Gooner son. He made me buy the tickets.

[cchinukw]

Edu reacts directly to Arsenal fan asking for Everton Soares transfer update

Metro Sport Reporter
Tuesday 23 Jul 2019 12:24 pm

Arsenal’s newly appointed technical director Edu has urged the club’s fans to remain patient amid speculation he is set to make Everton Soares his latest signing. Unai Emery has identified a pressing need for reinforcements in wide areas, with both Alex Iwobi and Henrikh Mkhitaryan flattering to deceive last season. Youngsters Reiss Nelson and Bukayo Saka are likely to be handed opportunities to impress in the first team, but the Spaniard is hopeful of recruiting a more experienced winger. Arsenal have failed with several bids for Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha and are reportedly pursuing Brazil international Everton as an alternative target.



Edu played a role in bringing teenager Gabriel Martinelli to north London from Sao Paulo based Ituano and is expected to make further use of his South American contacts in his new role. Everton impressed during Brazil’s victorious Copa America campaign earlier this summer and is valued at around £36million by Gremio. The 23-year-old is already said to be learning English ahead of a potential move to the Premier League, with Everton also rumoured to be interested in his services.

Stopped by an intrepid Arsenal fan in America earlier this week, Edu replied ‘let’s see, let’s see’ when asked if Everton was any closer to joining Arsenal. The Gunners complete their US tour with a friendly against Real Madrid tomorrow in Washington ahead of this weekend’s Emirates Cup. Martinelli is likely to be the only new player on show, but Arsenal are confident they will have completed the transfer of William Saliba and a loan move for Dani Ceballos by the end of this week.

https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/23/edu-reac ... -10444926/

[Nkume]

Shkodran Mustafi is shite! Shite! SHite!

Dude needs to be shipped away for free to Latvia. Those dushbags need to get rid of that angel*.

[Nkume]

My 3 requests for the rest of pre season.

1. Sell Mustafi.

2. As much as I like ElNeny, he too has to be shifted, and Wilock has made him obsolete in the squad.

2. Zaha NOT worth it.

3. Team is half decent. Can win the Europa. Emeribe, over to you.

[Nkume]

Is everyone at the game? No commentary?

[Thunder]

Seems like we have a new professor in charge. A bespectacled Emery.

[Siddonlook11]

Second half ..all RM so far . first 8 mins

Arsenal lead 0 - 2

[Siddonlook11]

1-2 RM

Arsenal has been on the back foot ..same defending issues rears its head.

[Bigpokey24]

Assanal

[Bigpokey24]

Assnal is a Thursday night team..kai ..they are really useless

[Bigpokey24]

2-2

[ohenhen1]

Arsenal lack depth. Real Madrid Brings in Isco, Bale, Marcelo and etc. Arsenal brings on Monreal. Marcelo is tormenting Jenkinson wow.

Now 2-2

[ohenhen1]

Arsenal still can't defend.

[Thunder]

67mins- Real with 10 subs, Arsenal, just 1