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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54160 on: November 20, 2019, 09:53:58 am »
Arsenal’s next move couldn’t be more obvious now.  If they haven’t already reached out to Pochettino, hell mend them.

He want go there, surely. He'll have better offers than his previous clubs biggest rival.
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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54161 on: November 20, 2019, 10:02:42 am »
I don’t think it’d be too rancorous, there’s been plenty of movement between the two clubs historically and he’s behaved honourably, it’s not like Sol Campbell moving.
He want go there, surely. He'll have better offers than his previous clubs biggest rival.
This is more like it, but Arsenal are still a big club in a big league, there aren’t many bigger jobs.  And they’d offer the prospect of it being long-term if that’s his aim, in a way the continental giants mostly wouldn’t.

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54162 on: November 20, 2019, 10:20:03 am »
I don’t think it’d be too rancorous, there’s been plenty of movement between the two clubs historically and he’s behaved honourably, it’s not like Sol Campbell moving.This is more like it, but Arsenal are still a big club in a big league, there aren’t many bigger jobs.  And they’d offer the prospect of it being long-term if that’s his aim, in a way the continental giants mostly wouldn’t.

My bet is he goes to Bayern.
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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54163 on: November 20, 2019, 10:22:59 am »
My bet is he goes to Bayern.

I’d hope his German is decent because Bayern like managers that can speak it.

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54164 on: November 20, 2019, 10:39:24 am »
My bet is he goes to Bayern.
They will go with ten Hag. He used to be their B team coach,

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54165 on: November 20, 2019, 11:14:02 am »
They will go with ten Hag.

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54166 on: November 20, 2019, 11:24:57 am »
Arsenal’s next move couldn’t be more obvious now.  If they haven’t already reached out to Pochettino, hell mend them.

He's now top of my list. Not because i think he would propel us into title challengers automatically. Just that there's a realization that Klopp (& Pep if he doesn't implode), are so far ahead that there's likely no-one catching them the next couple of years.

It's not fun watching Arsenal just now. What better way to raise the Banter stakes than to employ Poch. Would be box office, and at least raise the excitement levels if nothing else.

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54167 on: November 20, 2019, 12:02:28 pm »
He's now top of my list. Not because i think he would propel us into title challengers automatically. Just that there's a realization that Klopp (& Pep if he doesn't implode), are so far ahead that there's likely no-one catching them the next couple of years.

It's not fun watching Arsenal just now. What better way to raise the Banter stakes than to employ Poch. Would be box office, and at least raise the excitement levels if nothing else.

Honestly I prefer watching Liverpool games - you get a sense of the coaching, the sense of urgency and a team which plays like, well, a team.  Arsenal games are this languid, insipid type of side to side games where there seems to be two general tactics - overload down the wing or hope someone does it all themselves up front.  Even Pep's City for all their questionable funding - clearly has an identity and a method of play I'm envious of. 

Do think the writing is on the wall for Emery, I'd happily take Poch and if he wins a trophy with us after nothing in 6 years at Spurs it'd be hilarious.  Plus as you say the banter would be more fun than the football, which at the moment is dreadful (other than the youth lads).

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54168 on: November 20, 2019, 12:19:50 pm »
From my point-of-view it’s more that they seem like two pretty similar clubs - there’s a level of flash that is Spurs-but-not-Arsenal (eg Berbatov), and a level of grit that is Arsenal-but-not-Spurs (eg Tony Adams), but other than that most of their personnel would fit just as well at either club.  Pochettino is right in the middle of that Venn Diagram.  Mourinho is outside both circles.

I’ve come to the view that a club’s idea of itself is the single most important thing in an appointment.  Why Klopp was obviously always our no.1 guy, and why Lampard is perfect for Chelsea - he doesn’t match anything in their past fifteen years, but their fanbase still sees itself as this stylish Osgood-Wilkins-Zola thing despite all evidence to the contrary.

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54169 on: November 20, 2019, 06:28:58 pm »
My bet is he goes to Bayern.

Saw Dortmund at 50/1, that's gotta be worth a quid hasn't it? Dortmund are 6th at the moment, Favre must be on the precipice.

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54170 on: November 20, 2019, 06:48:56 pm »
Saw Dortmund at 50/1, that's gotta be worth a quid hasn't it? Dortmund are 6th at the moment, Favre must be on the precipice.

It would actually be a great club for him in terms of the squad they have, the football they want to play and the way they are run. But I'd be amazed if he went to Germany, he'll be setting his sights on the bigger much richer clubs in Spain (in terms of why they can attract player wise certainly), and if not, he'll earn the big bucks in the prem with Man Utd! 

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54171 on: November 20, 2019, 07:12:12 pm »
Would be hilarious if pochettino fnally wins a trophy, at Arsenal. I’d hire him for giggles, we going nowhere anyway.

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54172 on: November 20, 2019, 07:16:48 pm »
Better than Good Ebenin, but it's never happening.

If I were in charge of Barca, I'd move heaven and earth to get Pochettino.


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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54173 on: November 20, 2019, 07:52:15 pm »
Better than Good Ebenin, but it's never happening.

If I were in charge of Barca, I'd move heaven and earth to get Pochettino.

On paper looks like a perfect fit, doesn't it? But I wonder if Pochettino can handle many big name players egos. Imagine if Neymar went back...
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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54174 on: November 20, 2019, 08:12:57 pm »
On paper looks like a perfect fit, doesn't it? But I wonder if Pochettino can handle many big name players egos. Imagine if Neymar went back...

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54175 on: November 21, 2019, 08:34:28 am »
Honestly I prefer watching Liverpool games - you get a sense of the coaching, the sense of urgency and a team which plays like, well, a team.  Arsenal games are this languid, insipid type of side to side games where there seems to be two general tactics - overload down the wing or hope someone does it all themselves up front.  Even Pep's City for all their questionable funding - clearly has an identity and a method of play I'm envious of. 

Do think the writing is on the wall for Emery, I'd happily take Poch and if he wins a trophy with us after nothing in 6 years at Spurs it'd be hilarious.  Plus as you say the banter would be more fun than the football, which at the moment is dreadful (other than the youth lads).

If he's being asked to head the ball too frequently - which isn't exactly his specialty - it could affect his ear and cause an infection. Especially if the ball hits him on the ear directly.

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54176 on: November 21, 2019, 12:53:52 pm »
From my point-of-view it’s more that they seem like two pretty similar clubs

I think they might as well merge, their consumers will appreciate the superior product at the end of the process.

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54177 on: November 21, 2019, 01:08:55 pm »
Better than Good Ebenin, but it's never happening.

If I were in charge of Barca, I'd move heaven and earth to get Pochettino.
What's the deal with this? People keep referring to him as this on Twitter

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54178 on: November 21, 2019, 01:14:19 pm »
What's the deal with this? People keep referring to him as this on Twitter

Taking the piss out of his English, or rather his strong accent I guess? Seems a bit off to be honest, but it seems to be the done thing with Emery. Guy has become a bit of a meme because of it.

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54179 on: November 21, 2019, 01:17:46 pm »
What's the deal with this? People keep referring to him as this on Twitter

He starts every interview with ''Good Evening'' except the Evening sounds more like Ebenin.  :D

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54180 on: November 21, 2019, 02:36:02 pm »
I think they might as well merge, their consumers will appreciate the superior product at the end of the process.

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54181 on: November 21, 2019, 02:39:03 pm »
Piers Moron saying Arsenal should have hired Mourinho...
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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54182 on: November 21, 2019, 03:04:47 pm »
Piers Moron saying Arsenal should have hired Mourinho...

Still waiting on his promise to self immolate if Jurgen Klopp became our manager.

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54183 on: November 21, 2019, 03:11:01 pm »
Still waiting on his promise to self immolate if Jurgen Klopp became our manager.

he had a meltdown when it happened - something like "now they are going to have all the fun"

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54184 on: November 21, 2019, 03:14:49 pm »
he had a meltdown when it happened - something like "now they are going to have all the fun"

And my god, he’s never been more right ;D

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54185 on: November 21, 2019, 03:15:52 pm »
he had a meltdown when it happened - something like "now they are going to have all the fun"

He loves Kloppo like crazy to this day  ;D It's the only thing commendable about him.

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54186 on: November 21, 2019, 03:48:33 pm »
I love the autocorrect for Piers ;D
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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54187 on: November 21, 2019, 05:43:44 pm »
I’d hope his German is decent because Bayern like managers that can speak it.

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54188 on: November 21, 2019, 09:56:26 pm »
Taking the piss out of his English, or rather his strong accent I guess? Seems a bit off to be honest, but it seems to be the done thing with Emery. Guy has become a bit of a meme because of it.
Yeh it is a bit off, considering it's normal for Spaniards from most parts of Spain to pronounce Vs as Bs. He's not exactly doing anything odd.
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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54189 on: November 21, 2019, 10:05:40 pm »
he had a meltdown when it happened - something like "now they are going to have all the fun"

I remember him wanting Arsenal to panic sack Wenger and try to gazump us for Klopp, whilst we were all tracking his plane. ;D
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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54190 on: November 22, 2019, 03:20:37 am »
Will they grab Poch?
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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54191 on: November 22, 2019, 04:57:05 am »
Will they grab Poch?

With all due respect to Arsenal, I think he would be holding out for a club that is ready to win major trophies. He has already spent the last few years winning nothing with Spurs. Doubt he would be interested in making a sidewards move across North London to carry on that trend.

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54192 on: November 22, 2019, 06:01:14 am »
Will they grab Poch?

I think there is a clause in his contract, that says he can’t manage a club in the PL until the next season if he got sacked.

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54193 on: November 22, 2019, 06:06:26 am »
I love the autocorrect for Piers ;D

I thought it was a typo on his part. Then tried it out for myself.  ;D ;D


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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54194 on: November 22, 2019, 08:43:19 am »
Will they grab Poch?

It would take a massive u-turn, here's what he said in 2018.

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"I am never going to be manager of Barcelona or Arsenal because I am so identified with Tottenham and Espanyol," Pochettino told reporters in January 2018.

"I grew up in Newell's Old Boys and will never manage Rosario Central.

"That is my decision because I prefer to work on my farm in Argentina than in some places.

"But my commitment is massive in this club. I am working like I am going to be here forever.

I prefer to work on my farm in Argentina than in some places
"But in the end, it is like the players, you never know what is going to happen in football.

"It is a lot of rumours about this, about that."

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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54195 on: November 22, 2019, 02:18:14 pm »
I thought it was a typo on his part. Then tried it out for myself.  ;D ;D

Same  ;D
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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54196 on: November 23, 2019, 05:07:25 pm »
Late drama.

Wonder how they'll react to that result?
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« Reply #54197 on: November 23, 2019, 05:08:11 pm »
Late drama.

Wonder how they'll react to that result?
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« Reply #54198 on: November 23, 2019, 05:08:52 pm »
They're raging on Twitter, furious that Lacazette has kept Emery employed.
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Re: General Arsenal Thread - Wenger Gone - Unai Emery appointed
« Reply #54199 on: November 23, 2019, 05:38:48 pm »
Sad state of affairs at Arsenal. Owners don’t care, fans are spoiled and unrealistic, manager is lost and frightened. They can only get worse really - something is very broken at the core of this club.