Fúck off

[WES]

I felt Emery's biggest job in the summer was to offload all of Ozil, Xhaka and Mustafi. None of them suited the way he wanted to play at all, especially the first two. During the summer some pretty good signings were made but then he was still stuck with these cnuts and was left with a bloated unbalanced squad where he was forced to play players on reputation.

I don't think it's a surprise than the handful of decent games we actually played this season was when Emery used the kids in the UEFA Cup/League cup. It actually looked like a balanced team then for a change. The first team has been a mess all season.

I don't know how much of this is Emery's fault. His job doesn't involve contracts and selling players.

Good post - although I would argue that Emery could have been and should have been stronger in getting rid of the players he didn't want. If he couldn't or wouldn't do that then he wasn't the manager we needed.

But your analysis is spot on, this squad has talented players (other than in defence) but it needs to be cleansed of those who aren't good enough and/or lack the character we need. The next manager has to be strong enough to do it.

[Arsenal Alcoholic Review]

Good post - although I would argue that Emery could have been and should have been stronger in getting rid of the players he didn't want. If he couldn't or wouldn't do that then he wasn't the manager we needed.

But your analysis is spot on, this squad has talented players (other than in defence) but it needs to be cleansed of those who aren't good enough and/or lack the character we need. The next manager has to be strong enough to do it.

Another problem with the defence is yes it's bloated again too but all of Mustafi, Sideshow, Holding, Chambers and Papastathopoulos are all the same sort of standard, slightly above average. So you're going to have to keep shuffling about with no clear stand out big potential player. Not selling Mustafi has also blocked the progress of the one potential big CB that could have become something and saved our defence, Big Mavropanos. He should have played in the UEFA cup and league cup and could have forced his way in to the team.

[IUFG]

Another problem with the defence is yes it's bloated again too but all of Mustafi, Sideshow, Holding, Chambers and Papastathopoulos are all the same sort of standard, slightly above average. So you're going to have to keep shuffling about with no clear stand out big potential player. Not selling Mustafi has also blocked the progress of the one potential big CB that could have become something and saved our defence, Big Mavropanos. He should have played in the UEFA cup and league cup and could have forced his way in to the team.

Time to leave Luiz out of the team imo.

He might look good in a good team but he's being exposed as a very poor CB indeed.
He must think he's replaying the Brazil v Germany game every week.