Emery out!

[Sir C]

So he took us to within 1 point of 4th last season and a European final... i would say that is better than the last 2 seasons under AW

Arsene's gone, p. Arsene's failings are irrelevant. We're discussing Emery's failings.

Do you think our football is acceptable? Put it another way: is this what you want to see from an Arsenal team?

[Pokster]

Wait, are you playing devil's advocate or are you really suggesting that the way we play is acceptable?

Bit of both..... we have 2, possibly 3 of our first choice defenders not yet playing, I am happy to give him to the end of this season and see where we are.

[Burney]

So he took us to within 1 point of 4th last season and a European final... i would say that is better than the last 2 seasons under AW

So...fifth (despite having every opportunity to secure fourth but failing due to shÃ*tness) and we got humiliated in the final of the European equivalent of the League Cup Final by the team that finished 7th.

This isn't quite the stellar record you think it is, p.

[Pokster]

So...fifth (despite having every opportunity to secure fourth but failing due to shÃ*tness) and we got humiliated in the final of the European equivalent of the League Cup Final by the team that finished 7th.

This isn't quite the stellar record you think it is, p.

So it isn't better than AW had in the last 2 years...and since when did Chelsea finish 7th??? Or is just making things up your way or trying to prove a point???

[Burney]

So it isn't better than AW had in the last 2 years...and since when did Chelsea finish 7th??? Or is just making things up your way or trying to prove a point???

Apologies, no. I did get the Chelsea thing wrong. However, we were humiliated by them, won nothing and finished outside the CL places. None of which is a substantive improvement on Wenger's last few seasons, when we did actually win a few FA Cups if you remember.

So yes. The last few seasons under Wenger were substantively better than the era you people have ushered in by clamouring for his departure. Own it.

[Pokster]

Apologies, no. I did get the Chelsea thing wrong. However, we were humiliated by them, won nothing and finished outside the CL places. None of which is a substantive improvement on Wenger's last few seasons, when we did actually win a few FA Cups if you remember.

So yes. The last few seasons under Wenger were substantively better than the era you people have ushered in by clamouring for his departure. Own it.

So our league places were going backwards, we had an ageing team.... we finished higher last season, got to a major final and have got rid of a lot of the deadwood AW seemed to inflict on us. That is why I'm very happy to give him to the end of this season.

We should have our first choice defence available in a week or so, who knows where we will be then.

You wanted him out within a few weeks of him turning up

[Ash]

Sky showed a comparison of Unai's first 44 games v Arsene's last 44. Quite similar, overall. Emery has a few more points and better record against top six but has conceded more goals. Scored about the same.

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

I was happy to reserve judgment until he’d had a full season to show us his philosophy. I was happy to give him a couple of seasons without worrying overly about results, so long as we could see what he is trying to achieve.

The answer appears to be that he has no philosophy or vision beyond ‘don’t under any circumstances play a midfield with any creativity’.

In short, it is with some regret that I must join the vulgar hordes on the bandwagon and declare myself and Emeryouter.

I hate him for doing this to me.

the charge for his head the moment of his first mispronunciation.*

*He pronounced struggled last night as stroog-led - We struggled became "we 'ave a stroog led".

[Burney]

So our league places were going backwards, we had an ageing team.... we finished higher last season, got to a major final and have got rid of a lot of the deadwood AW seemed to inflict on us. That is why I'm very happy to give him to the end of this season.

We should have our first choice defence available in a week or so, who knows where we will be then.

You wanted him out within a few weeks of him turning up

We appear to have replaced the 'dead wood' with worse players, though. And we look even worse this season than we did last. And our league placing only declined over two years. The season before that we finished 2nd - plus 3 FA Cups in AW's last five seasons.
Face facts: there's no way Emery will ever get us near a record as good as AW could achieve even in his latter years.

[Burney]

the charge for his head the moment of his first mispronunciation.*

*He pronounced struggled last night as stroog-led - We struggled became "we 'ave a stroog led".

He really didn't, you know? That was me, I'm happy to say.