EliteKiller wrote:We can put them back in their box, we just need to be realistic and patient, then make root and branch changes from the last decade.
This is exactly why I said Emery had a 'free hit' this season.
By that I don't mean we can finish 9th or 10th without any repercussions - our squad isn't that bad.
But the squad is clearly lacking depth, quality and balance. And there isn't/should not be any expectation on Emery to significantly overperform from last season based on the dire state Wenger and Gazidis left it in. Coupled with the fact he is taking over a man who was at the helm for 22 years, and stayed for about 6 or 7 years too long, as well as recently completely restructuring and restaffing the entire club, means we have to be pragmatic about the time it will take for us to get back to playing at a good level again.
People can deny it all they want, but Emery DID inherit a mess. City, Liverpool, Spurs, United and Chelsea ALL have better squads than us. We have the 6th best squad in the league, so based on league position, we are roughly where we should be.
Look at half our squad:
Welbeck - not good enough, needs to go.
Mkhitaryan - not good enough, needs to go.
Kolasinac - a complete liability when defending and he's on £190k per week, has to go
Monreal - good servant, but about to be 33 and isn't part of our future
Koscielny - needs to be sold, not good enough.
Ramsey - average career with a few glimpses of brilliance. Needs to go.
Mustafi - one of the worst signings we've made in the last decade. Needs to go.
Xhaka - can safely say he is the most brainless midfield player I've seen at the club. Not good enough. Needs to go.
Ozil - on £350k per week, he isn't worth the money. Needs to go.
Jenkinson - how is this fraud still at the club?
Elneny - good squad player, but barely plays and doesn't contribute a lot. Needs to go.
On top of that, there are huge question marks over the calibre of Iwobi and AMN by many Arsenal fans as well.
So looking at those players we have, how many of them would get into the starting 11 - or even the squads - of any of the sides above us?
Anyone that thinks we have a divine right to be in the top 4, with a squad that is littered with utter garbage like this, needs to get their head checked.