14/02/19 | BATE Borisov 1-0 Arsenal | Europa League

[Ach]

Get this done and dusted asap

Play the kids at the Emirates.

[Rockape]

When I joined this forum, Angelito seemed to be the voice of common sense and wisdom. However, he seems to have lost the plot lately!

In other news it was just mentioned that Emery has made 28 changes in 38 games this season! Hmmmm.

[Ach]

When I joined this forum, Angelito seemed to be the voice of common sense and wisdom. However, he seems to have lost the plot lately!

In other news it was just mentioned that Emery has made 28 changes in 38 games this season! Hmmmm.

Which is why we should've sacked Wenger midway in to last season so the new manager couldve had the rest of that season to determine who he wants or not.

Emery has to do that this season.

And he's doing well

But but we aren't fighting Burnley for 6th

[dc16]

Decent team. Should have more than enough fire power.

[Zenith]

Stream -

http://ripple.is/football/7335-bate-vs-arsenal

Streams list -

https://www.footybite.com/football/bate ... l-preview/

[StLGooner]

His selections are mind boggling to me.

Who's missing? Ramsey? It's BATE away, we should not need him for this. Ozil and Seka I feel should have been picked. Mavropanos on the bench would have been good too.

I absolutely hate when people think we can just walk over any team we play. You need to wake up and recognize we aren't the same team from the late 90's or early 2000's bro. We lost to some shitty teams this season.

[DiamondGooner]

Oh, I have no doubt that this petty club is behind the whole Ozil saga more so than Unai. But you can't deny that Emery is an accomplice and a spineless yes-man.

Unfortunately as a Coach that's what he signed up for, he has no power and no new coach is going to go against the board.

Its career suicide.

He has to be a yes man or they'll find someone who is.

[Zedie]

Is this on UK TV?

Never mind, BT sport

Come on you gooners

[DiamondGooner]

Don't like that we're going 3 at the back against Bate.

Not sure why the fk Emery likes 3-4-3 its been shown numerous times we play better with 4-3-3.

[Ach]

Should be one up.

Good save

[Angelito]

Our best u23 can beat this team and he is going there to defend. This is moyes all over again, but our fans are the same ones who accepted wenger for years of underachieving. They actually think it makes you better fan if you accept anything a manager does

I don't know where this cult following of Unai Emery has come from. With Wenger, you could attribute it to his legendary status at the club. Unai's a nobody at Arsenal. Yet, some fans act like we're daring to criticize a club legend. Criticize is the key word there.

Criticism.
n. A critical comment or judgment.

Mate, come on now. Don't kid yourself. You're not fooling anyone on here.

You know full well that the things you've said about him have gone beyond constructive criticism.

Criticizing him isn't an offense. I'm tired of explaining this to people. Tomorrow, if we win the EL, I'd be cheering for Arsenal and Unai because I support the club. But that doesn't mean we live in Nazi Germany where we have to agree with everything the club/manager does. So far, Unai hasn't been perfect and every bit of criticism hurled at him has some sort of justification.

None of us can deny that.

I'm just tired of you lot making it personal when nobody else has any remote interest in getting personal.

I'm tired of you repeating the same lines when we've been through this a thousand times. It's like talking to a brick wall.

I have not said you cannot criticise him. I have not said we have to agree with everything the club/manager does (look at my post above yours ffs) and I have not said Unai is perfect.

I have also not made it personal with you.

It is just frustrating that you don't seem willing to give the guy a chance and have a mini meltdown every time something happens which you don't like. All because he wasn't your first choice appointment.

I'm not trying to be funny, but you do throw your toys out the pram an awful lot.

Seriously, you need to get a grip.

Have we impressed? Have we expressed ourselves? I've said it often that I don't care about results this season but the way we move forward. We haven't shown any progress. Instead, we've alienated our biggest star and are haggling to sign players like Denis Suarez.

For you, it might seem like a meltdown, but for me, I've been spoilt by Wenger and Wengerball - even if he had grown stale in his final 2-3 years. Even at our lowest, we won trophies, whilst playing attacking football.

We all wanted Wenger to leave because he wasn't getting the best out of our squad. I see no difference under Emery. And, his own track record doesn't help either.

Playing 8 defensive players against f'kin Bate Borisov is enough evidence. It has nothing to do with who my first choice was. I'm not a director at Arsenal. I will support Emery when he shows to me that he is a manager and not a yes-man who got his ass whipped by the PSG dressing room, or has the worst big-game record out of all managers in the top-6 clubs.

Our best u23 can beat this team and he is going there to defend. This is moyes all over again, but our fans are the same ones who accepted wenger for years of underachieving. They actually think it makes you better fan if you accept anything a manager does

I don't know where this cult following of Unai Emery has come from. With Wenger, you could attribute it to his legendary status at the club. Unai's a nobody at Arsenal. Yet, some fans act like we're daring to criticize a club legend. Criticize is the key word there.

Criticism.
n. A critical comment or judgment.

Can you name a few members who are part of this cult following? I haven't noticed many.

Yes, the classic, name 'em technique that Wengerites used to use when asked about lack of signings.

The support Unai's received from Arsenal, which extends beyond GW - shocking, I know - is astonishing and doesn't happen at most clubs. I actually agreed with your post yesterday where you said that top-4 or Unai goes next season. I'm more liberal, it's the FA Cup/EL or top-4 next season, or else Unai goes. My main gripe against him is the Sevilization of Arsenal. Arsenal aren't Sevilla.

People have become too sensitive to any criticism directed towards Unai. I really don't know why.

[Jedi]

Maitland Niles and Kolasinac playing like wingers. This is a very offensive line up.

[Ach]

Kos misses a sitter

[Ach]

Maitland Niles and Kolasinac playing like wingers. This is a very offensive line up.

Yup

But say it quietly

[StLGooner]

Maitland Niles and Kolasinac playing like wingers. This is a very offensive line up.

That doesn't make sense.