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

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Xhaka captaining the Swiss team. They currently lead Ireland by a goal.

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Martyrs of Arsenal in the era of Stu!p social media.

Arsene Wenger

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Olivier Giroud

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Aaron Ramsey

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Mesut Ozil

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Why are you posting guys that dont play for us again?

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Xhaka captaining the Swiss team. They currently lead Ireland by a goal.

Still not good to be starting for Arsenal talkless of captain the team

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Xhaka captaining the Swiss team. They currently lead Ireland by a goal.

Still not good to be starting for Arsenal talkless of captain the team

VAR deciding if to award penalty to Switzerland.

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Rodriguez misses for Switzerland. Still remains one nil.

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Dani C ballin’ 4 Espana but they still trail the Swedes. Very good game 2 watch as he plays in the front of the diamond for Spain

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Wow! Duffy own goal makes it 2 nil for Switzerland.

Xhaka didn't put a foot wrong.

FT

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its like Switzerland have more black players on their entire squad than beloved England.

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Why are you posting guys that dont play for us again?

Because they are great players, Arsenal legends, and some of you will recognize this if you weren't so ...

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https://www.90min.com/posts/6476895-mes ... position=0

OMG!!! These dudes have been so reading my mind! This is what I’ve been trying 2 convey here that modern f’ball has moved on from the luxury player hence the phasing out of Mesut Ozil.

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Mesut Ozil is the Main Example That the Classic No. 10 Is Dead in Modern Football
Kaya Kaynak
16 OCT 2019
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​After a dull 1-0 victory against Bournemouth at the start of this month, the headlines were not made by the Arsenal players on the pitch, but rather by one off it.

When asked why he had chosen to leave Mesut Ozil out of the squad entirely, head coach Unai Emery bluntly responded "it's because I think other players deserved it more."

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After over a year of struggling to find a way to fit him into his Arsenal side, Emery appears to have finally lost patience with the German this season.

Unai Emery,Mesut Ozil
​Ozil has started just one ​Premier League game and has not featured for the club at all since their 5-0 victory over ​Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup in September.

His plight under Emery is symptomatic of a trend that has taken over elite European football in recent times - the death of the No. 10.

There was a time when a mercurial creative talent who would operate largely in behind the central striker in a 4-2-3-1 formation was a must have for any top European side. Former ​Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was so enamoured with this type of player that during the season leading up to the finest moment of Mesut Ozil's career - his 2014 World Cup win with Germany - ​the Gunners had five of them; ​Santi Cazorla, Tomas Rosicky, ​Jack Wilshere, ​Aaron Ramsey and Ozil.
Jack Wilshere,Aaron Ramsey

But as the Premier League began to attract Europe's top managerial talent in Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola, a 4-3-3 suddenly became the formation en vogue. Players of ​Mesut Ozil's style had now reached their Ice Age. It was time to adapt or become extinct.

Compare him to ​Kevin De Bruyne. When the Belgian arrived at ​Manchester City in 2015, he did so as one the most exciting No. 10s in the world, and was given free reign to do almost whatever he pleased on the pitch under Manuel Pellegrini.

But as Pellegrini was replaced by Guardiola, De Bruyne was forced to evolve his role to suit the demands of his manager's 4-3-3 formation. He has now established himself as one of the league's best playmakers, and is on track to break the Premier League record of 20 assists that Ozil came so close to smashing himself back in the 2015/16 season.
Pep Guardiola,Kevin De Bruyne
Ozil, on the other hand, can't even get into an Arsenal side crying out for some of the creativity he offers, and is below the likes of Joe Willock and Dani Ceballos in the pecking order.


An era of Gegenpressing and Tiki Taka means what you do off the ball has become as important as what you do on it. The last side to win the ​Champions League featuring a No. 10 was Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid back in 2013/14. Every other winner of Europe's elite club competition in that time has used the 4-3-3 formation.
Mesut Ozil
Unai Emery simply won't tolerate Ozil's relaxed approach to his defensive duties, in the way that Arsene Wenger would. Ozil turned 31 this week, and the three-time Europa League winning coach appears to prefer younger, harder working players in the attacking slot of his three in midfield.

In a week where Extinction Rebellion protests reach their climax across the world, the comparison between Ozil and the human race failing to do enough to stop their impending doom will be a sorry sight for a some fans, and a moment to rejoice for others. He is a player out of fashion and out of time at Europe's top level.
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In less than two seasons, Unai Emery has transformed Mat.G from an unknown kid playing in Lique 2 to a Golden Boy Nominee .... just let that sink in for all of ya critics! Thank You Emery!

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When we've an identity - we can talk about discarding players - until then it's white noise.



Teams have to been seem to perform, inspire faith in their fans else all unused & many former players will become doubly relevant - Many ManU fans want Zlatan back whilst Liverpool will not take Coutinho for however low the fee!! Go figure.

For me, i like the things i hear about Freddie Ljungberg - he just might be what Pep was to Barca. An unproven coach taken over the reins.

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In less than two seasons, Unai Emery has transformed Mat.G from an unknown kid playing in Lique 2 to a Golden Boy Nominee .... just let that sink in for all of ya critics! Thank You Emery!

Thank you Emery for what you did with Matteo Guendouzi but will be more thankful if we could see more improvement on our defensive and offensive structure. Arsenai last season conceded 41 goals overall. That was the same as the last season of arsene Wenger's regime (the worst ever under wenger). I am both a critic of Emery and am also willing to praise him if he does anything praiseworthy(believe me ...it's possible to be both).

I just prefer cold hard facts to rhetoric

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In less than two seasons, Unai Emery has transformed Mat.G from an unknown kid playing in Lique 2 to a Golden Boy Nominee .... just let that sink in for all of ya critics! Thank You Emery!

Thank you Emery for what you did with Matteo Guendouzi but will be more thankful if we could see more improvement on our defensive and offensive structure. Arsenai last season conceded 41 goals overall. That was the same as the last season of arsene Wenger's regime (the worst ever under wenger). I am both a critic of Emery and am also willing to praise him if he does anything praiseworthy(believe me ...it's possible to be both).

I just prefer cold hard facts to rhetoric

Sitting 3rd in the table with a point behind City is a hard and cold enough fact.

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In less than two seasons, Unai Emery has transformed Mat.G from an unknown kid playing in Lique 2 to a Golden Boy Nominee .... just let that sink in for all of ya critics! Thank You Emery!

Thank you Emery for what you did with Matteo Guendouzi but will be more thankful if we could see more improvement on our defensive and offensive structure. Arsenai last season conceded 41 goals overall. That was the same as the last season of arsene Wenger's regime (the worst ever under wenger). I am both a critic of Emery and am also willing to praise him if he does anything praiseworthy(believe me ...it's possible to be both).

I just prefer cold hard facts to rhetoric

Sitting 3rd in the table with a point behind City is a hard and cold enough fact.

Something praiseworthy of course.....what about other cold facts.....chances conceded, e.t.c.....look....my concern is our style of playing....its not sustainable....remember the 22 game unbeaten run only to collapse towards the end of the season.

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In less than two seasons, Unai Emery has transformed Mat.G from an unknown kid playing in Lique 2 to a Golden Boy Nominee .... just let that sink in for all of ya critics! Thank You Emery!

Thank you Emery for what you did with Matteo Guendouzi but will be more thankful if we could see more improvement on our defensive and offensive structure. Arsenai last season conceded 41 goals overall. That was the same as the last season of arsene Wenger's regime (the worst ever under wenger). I am both a critic of Emery and am also willing to praise him if he does anything praiseworthy(believe me ...it's possible to be both).

I just prefer cold hard facts to rhetoric

Sitting 3rd in the table with a point behind City is a hard and cold enough fact.

Something praiseworthy of course.....what about other cold facts.....chances conceded, e.t.c.....look....my concern is our style of playing....its not sustainable....remember the 22 game unbeaten run only to collapse towards the end of the season.

Chances conceded is a red herring stat akin to chances created. What does it really mean? Throw-in into the box equals chance created? Dude grab a magazine or novel and relax. You’re way 2 invested in seeing Emery fail! Who knows, maybe he he will? Will that make ur bank acct swell or make you more attractive? All I’m saying is breathe. Ur pent up emotions 2 see Emery fail won’t change ur life one bit. I’m very worried about the next game against a very organized team that gave Liverpool fits until the keeper dashed them the winning goal. Whatever the case, I’m not sad 2 see Wenger gone, players being held accountable and young players blossom and perform with the belief that they will get an opportunity if they put in the work.

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“If we don't do well in a big game, it's always my fault. If that's true, how do you explain our results in the big games when I wasn't involved? There's no real difference,' he said. “

'I have a contract until the summer of 2021 and I will be staying until then,' he said.

Yeah the two worst decisions of the French life Coach was signing this man and the extended the contract. Prolly two unforgivable crimes. If they didn’t offer 40 million and a pound we would have Luis Suarez and this guy would’ve been someone else’s problem. If we hadn’t stupidly signed an extension few months to the World Cup, this guy would have barely been offered his original salary anywhere as he was a total persona non grata 4 such a pitiful World Cup. Now he is playing the victim game again.

Emery and Sanllehi: Get rid of this! He is a rotten apple!


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footb ... lures.html

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In less than two seasons, Unai Emery has transformed Mat.G from an unknown kid playing in Lique 2 to a Golden Boy Nominee .... just let that sink in for all of ya critics! Thank You Emery!

Thank you Emery for what you did with Matteo Guendouzi but will be more thankful if we could see more improvement on our defensive and offensive structure. Arsenai last season conceded 41 goals overall. That was the same as the last season of arsene Wenger's regime (the worst ever under wenger). I am both a critic of Emery and am also willing to praise him if he does anything praiseworthy(believe me ...it's possible to be both).

I just prefer cold hard facts to rhetoric

Sitting 3rd in the table with a point behind City is a hard and cold enough fact.

Something praiseworthy of course.....what about other cold facts.....chances conceded, e.t.c.....look....my concern is our style of playing....its not sustainable....remember the 22 game unbeaten run only to collapse towards the end of the season.

Chances conceded is a red herring stat akin to chances created. What does it really mean? Throw-in into the box equals chance created? Dude grab a magazine or novel and relax. You’re way 2 invested in seeing Emery fail! Who knows, maybe he he will? Will that make ur bank acct swell or make you more attractive? All I’m saying is breathe. Ur pent up emotions 2 see Emery fail won’t change ur life one bit. I’m very worried about the next game against at very organized team that gave Liverpool fits until the keeper dashed them the winning goal. Whatever the case, I’m not sad 2 see Wenger gone, players being held accountable and young players blossom and perform with the belief that they will get an opportunity if they put in the work.

Funny thing is I could say all those things bout you and none of them would fall out of place. The last time we checked it's you who is accusing anybody daring to point out any flaws in Emery’s arsenal as haters. How difficult is it for you to accept that it's possible to acknowledge the positives whist still pointing out the negatives. Emery's remit when appointed arsenal's trainer was the qualification for the champions and so far he has not done that.......and that is not hating but stating the facts.......the team is giving the oppositions too many chances.......cold hard facts. .....you can call it whatever you wanna call it but that won't change anything..

[Sleaky72]

In less than two seasons, Unai Emery has transformed Mat.G from an unknown kid playing in Lique 2 to a Golden Boy Nominee .... just let that sink in for all of ya critics! Thank You Emery!

Thank you Emery for what you did with Matteo Guendouzi but will be more thankful if we could see more improvement on our defensive and offensive structure. Arsenai last season conceded 41 goals overall. That was the same as the last season of arsene Wenger's regime (the worst ever under wenger). I am both a critic of Emery and am also willing to praise him if he does anything praiseworthy(believe me ...it's possible to be both).

I just prefer cold hard facts to rhetoric

Sitting 3rd in the table with a point behind City is a hard and cold enough fact.

Something praiseworthy of course.....what about other cold facts.....chances conceded, e.t.c.....look....my concern is our style of playing....its not sustainable....remember the 22 game unbeaten run only to collapse towards the end of the season.

Chances conceded is a red herring stat akin to chances created. What does it really mean? Throw-in into the box equals chance created? Dude grab a magazine or novel and relax. You’re way 2 invested in seeing Emery fail! Who knows, maybe he he will? Will that make ur bank acct swell or make you more attractive? All I’m saying is breathe. Ur pent up emotions 2 see Emery fail won’t change ur life one bit. I’m very worried about the next game against at very organized team that gave Liverpool fits until the keeper dashed them the winning goal. Whatever the case, I’m not sad 2 see Wenger gone, players being held accountable and young players blossom and perform with the belief that they will get an opportunity if they put in the work.

Funny thing is I could say all those things bout you and none of them would fall out of place. The last time we checked it's you who is accusing anybody daring to point out any flaws in Emery’s arsenal as haters. How difficult is it for you to accept that it's possible to acknowledge the positives whist still pointing out the negatives. Emery's remit when appointed arsenal's trainer was the qualification for the champions and so far he has not done that.......and that is not hating but stating the facts.......the team is giving the oppositions too many chances.......cold hard facts. .....you can call it whatever you wanna call it but that won't change anything..

Bruv he has had “one season”!!! And barring multiple calamitous injuries he was right there. If he doesn’t do it this season, he is done ..end UV! You are obstinately hooked on chances created. Well if they were such great chances Arsenal won’t be third and a point out of second! Also mind you that he was ditched by his starting CD and team captain 2 begin the season and is without his starting two fullbacks, Holding and Lacazette. Seriously when you keep pointing daggers without looking at the full picture you should not be surprised if ur deemed a Hater !

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In less than two seasons, Unai Emery has transformed Mat.G from an unknown kid playing in Lique 2 to a Golden Boy Nominee .... just let that sink in for all of ya critics! Thank You Emery!

Thank you Emery for what you did with Matteo Guendouzi but will be more thankful if we could see more improvement on our defensive and offensive structure. Arsenai last season conceded 41 goals overall. That was the same as the last season of arsene Wenger's regime (the worst ever under wenger). I am both a critic of Emery and am also willing to praise him if he does anything praiseworthy(believe me ...it's possible to be both).

I just prefer cold hard facts to rhetoric

Sitting 3rd in the table with a point behind City is a hard and cold enough fact.

Something praiseworthy of course.....what about other cold facts.....chances conceded, e.t.c.....look....my concern is our style of playing....its not sustainable....remember the 22 game unbeaten run only to collapse towards the end of the season.

Chances conceded is a red herring stat akin to chances created. What does it really mean? Throw-in into the box equals chance created? Dude grab a magazine or novel and relax. You’re way 2 invested in seeing Emery fail! Who knows, maybe he he will? Will that make ur bank acct swell or make you more attractive? All I’m saying is breathe. Ur pent up emotions 2 see Emery fail won’t change ur life one bit. I’m very worried about the next game against at very organized team that gave Liverpool fits until the keeper dashed them the winning goal. Whatever the case, I’m not sad 2 see Wenger gone, players being held accountable and young players blossom and perform with the belief that they will get an opportunity if they put in the work.

Funny thing is I could say all those things bout you and none of them would fall out of place. The last time we checked it's you who is accusing anybody daring to point out any flaws in Emery’s arsenal as haters. How difficult is it for you to accept that it's possible to acknowledge the positives whist still pointing out the negatives. Emery's remit when appointed arsenal's trainer was the qualification for the champions and so far he has not done that.......and that is not hating but stating the facts.......the team is giving the oppositions too many chances.......cold hard facts. .....you can call it whatever you wanna call it but that won't change anything..

Bruv he has had “one season”!!! And barring multiple calamitous injuries he was right there. If he doesn’t do it this season, he is done ..end UV! You are obstinately hooked on chances created. Well if they were such great chances Arsenal won’t be third and a point out of second! Also mind you that he was ditched by his starting CD and team captain 2 begin the season and is without his starting two fullbacks, Holding and Lacazette. Seriously when you keep pointing daggers without looking at the full picture you should not be surprised if ur deemed a Hater !

Towards the end of Arsenes' era, I was one of those who kept on clutching at straws, looking for excuses after every calamity and eventually it clicked that he has taken us as far as he could. All the glory, all the setbacks.It ended there. My excuses were borne out of the titles that he won for arsenal football club. When he was not winning us titles.....he was giving us this


I am not going to be caught clutching at straws for emery because he has so far failed to at least produce the bare minimum......playing at least some tolerable football....I would take migraine inducing football if it comes with better defensive record...if it comes with accomplishing the target set for him which is qualifying for the champions league.......its 18 months in and the football is much more mind numbing than last season.....I was where you are now last season.....waffi and a few others were telling us that the football we are playing is not sustainable.....and guess what....most of us thought he was still bitter coz arsene was let go(exactly what you doing now)......come end of the season exactly what he said happened.....those red herrings turned onto goals conceded....those red herrings turned onto points dropped and the same red herrings turned onto games lost/games drawn and gone was the top four. The same thing is happening again this season.....we are in the top four but our goal difference is worse than last season.....why do you think its going to get better? Defenders are coming back....last season we though the same thing was going to happen when the likes of Koscielny we coming back but nothing changed....things actually got worse......you can be optimistic all you want, accuse me of stuff like pent up emotions and all the likes but I myself wont try to convince myself that things are getting better when the past and whats happening in front of me is saying otherwise.

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In less than two seasons, Unai Emery has transformed Mat.G from an unknown kid playing in Lique 2 to a Golden Boy Nominee .... just let that sink in for all of ya critics! Thank You Emery!

Thank you Emery for what you did with Matteo Guendouzi but will be more thankful if we could see more improvement on our defensive and offensive structure. Arsenai last season conceded 41 goals overall. That was the same as the last season of arsene Wenger's regime (the worst ever under wenger). I am both a critic of Emery and am also willing to praise him if he does anything praiseworthy(believe me ...it's possible to be both).

I just prefer cold hard facts to rhetoric

Sitting 3rd in the table with a point behind City is a hard and cold enough fact.

Something praiseworthy of course.....what about other cold facts.....chances conceded, e.t.c.....look....my concern is our style of playing....its not sustainable....remember the 22 game unbeaten run only to collapse towards the end of the season.

True. All things considered including injuries it's not been a bad run.

Mourinho was hated for his bus parking style ugly football but look at the silverware it brough his teams.