Cazorla is out for the season, officially...I hope he is the first to go this offseason, or gets relegated to a Rosicky/Flamini/Arteta bench status next season
darker red? I like the alternate kits thoughGood thing we didn't attempt to replace him in the January window.
At least next year's 3rd kit looks dope
That was the rumor at the time. But conceding a bunch of brain dead goals probably had more to do with it.I've been listening to old Men Blazers podcasts just for fun. According to an early 2015, did Szczesny really lose his spot because he was smoking in the locker room/shower (on top of poor play)?
This is too pessimistic. Players still want to play for Manchester United and Liverpool even when they're not in the Champions League. And I'm pretty sure there are other managers besides Arsene Wenger who can successfully manage Arsenal.The wild card is we really don't know what actions would or wouldn't compel Ozil and Sanchez to re-sign. If they and Wenger all leave at once, it could take a decade for the club to get back to having the Champions League be a reasonable expectation. All the piles of money won't be enough to attract top talent.
Liverpool has come closer to winning a title than Arsenal has in the past decade. (Which isn't everything, of course, but it's certainly something.)Arsenal without the Arse is not Manchester United, and our supporters would be tying knots in nooses if we had Liverpool's track record in the last decade.
I don't think Stan and the board would push Arsene overboard if Arsenal fails to qualify for the Champions League for the first time. But that might be enough to make Wenger acknowledge failure and, with the fans more clearly and fully pushing against him, fall on his sword himself. I'm inclined to agree that with or without Arsene, Arsenal is going to get worse before it gets better, so why not bite the bullet now?The only way forward may be down. I have no confidence the board or Stan will ever make a managerial change while we continue to qualify for the Champions League. They might if we miss out on Europe.
Incidentally, the fact that people like Gunnerblog are no longer writing, and Gooners like Alan Davies are no longer podcasting, makes being an Arsenal fan that much less fun even apart from the other issues on and off the pitch.It’s almost impossible to break down where it all went wrong, but the simplest answer is that it never really went wrong—it went stale. Top level sport is about pressure and accountability, and those things have been uniquely absent at Arsenal. The manager has never been under real threat, and that comfy atmosphere has seeped into the playing squad. There has been pressure from the fans, sure—but never in the history of the club have the fans held less sway. There are tactical issues of course, but the fundamental problem is a lack of ambition and aggression. The owner and the board play a huge part in that too, and I hope some of the anger at Arsene is redirected at the entirely deserving Kroenke & Co.
Are we sure Bayern will pound Arsenal today? The most Arsenal-esque result would be a 3-0 or 6-2 win for the Gunners.So many rumors and accusations flying around the club now. It's ugly and surely will get uglier after Bayern pounds them again today.
Liverpool also destroyed them in the league opener without LaurentSeems like Koscielny comes out of the tie with more credit than anyone - he was injured at 1-1 in the first leg and left the pitch today at 1-0 (in a manner of speaking), right?
I assume this is sarcasm...but if Arsene is forced out, I'm likely going back to being a roving league fanWhen Wenger goes, Stan Kroenke's son wants to hire Thierry Henry as manager.
This Josh Kroenke will probably be one of the main people in charge of picking the next manager. I'm sure he's very knowledgable in the inner workings of top level football management in England, along with his other duties as President and Governor of both the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche. He must be a total sports genius to have the knowledge to run all those different teams in different sports.
this works for Mourinho all the time!Maybe Arsene will complain about having to play two games in four days and being a bit leggy...
This might be a tad hyperbolic.* That said, Kroenke is a horrible owner and his track record elsewhere speaks to utter disregard for quality, so I can see the source of the fear.Arsenal is dying. Probably will be in Championship in 2 years time.
The only part I thought was off was when he felt that game could have remained in Arsenal's hands. At some point something would have gone against them and collapse was coming. This squad is fragile. Maybe not down to 10 men, 5-1, but I couldn't see them finishing taht game on top.This might be a tad hyperbolic.* That said, Kroenke is a horrible owner and his track record elsewhere speaks to utter disregard for quality, so I can see the source of the fear.
This column today from Andrew Mangan couldn't nail it any better for me.
http://arseblog.com/2017/03/arsenal-1-5-bayern-munich-both-legs-show-arsenal-cant-compete-at-this-level/
* it could take three!
Same.After my first click, that site redirected me to a "Your Google Chrome is out of date" page and started trying to push an executable of the old Chrome Update virus. I tried to recreate and I can't.
FYI, beware, etc.
Fake edit- after several refreshes, I got it again.
Huh, I use Chrome and had no such issues. Weird. Is it better to use a URL shortener, or would that redirection happen regardless?After my first click, that site redirected me to a "Your Google Chrome is out of date" page and started trying to push an executable of the old Chrome Update virus. I tried to recreate and I can't.
FYI, beware, etc.
Fake edit- after several refreshes, I got it again.
Little known fact - Ribery doubles as an actuary.Arsenal was confused in the first half by Lincoln's formation.
They were expecting them to come out in a 4-3-2-1, but instead they came out in a Pastry Chef-Bartender-Factory Worker-Uber Driver back four, with a Deep-Lying Postman, with a Bricklayer-Dogwalker midfield axis, the Forklift Driver as a False 9, and a front line of Dockworker-Plumber-Office Temp.
That's a lot different than what they faced against Bayern.
Its almost like there's some connection to how these players got here in the first place but shit... I can't figure out how.fire the players, not the manager
Yeah, this morning was like gut-punching a combat dummy. They don't care, I don't care.I'll never root for us to lose but I have a hard time caring when we do at this point. Just get the season over and please please please move on from Wenger.
#RespectAWIts almost like there's some connection to how these players got here in the first place but shit... I can't figure out how.