Va-Va-Voom wrote:Angelito wrote:Mustafi wrote:Va-Va-Voom wrote:LMAO wrote:Angelito wrote:With the way we're going, it pains me to say that we will undo all of Wenger's work and regress in years to come.
It's not down to Emery alone, of course. We've opened Pandora's box and we don't have any wizard to undo the jinx.
I'd love for that to happen.
The monkey's paw curls.
TIL Wenger owns Arsenal / Oil money dominance is down to Wenger's incompetence.
No, but you said Emery will undo all of Wenger's work, implying he had left us in good shape.
The fact is Wenger left at his lowest ebb: his worst ever finish along with playing the worst brand of football.
So what work are you worried about Emery undoing?
It's obvious I'm talking about the last two decades.
I've said it many times and I still don't understand why people pretend like Arsenal F.C. was born in 2017.
In 21 out of those 22 years at Arsenal, Wenger's either won a trophy here or finished in the top-4. He accomplished that without spending much and by having a negative net spend. That is what I'm referring to.
We all are aware of Wenger's shortcomings during the last 3-4 years of his time at Arsenal. Add that to how City and Chelsea flooded the league with sugar daddy money, and Liverpool's and Spurs' resurgence, the picture painted is far too harsher to Wenger than it is in reality. It wasn't Wenger's fault that we have an unambitious owner.
But even if you want to talk about last season, Wenger left us with 2 world class players in Ozil and Aubameyang and 4 top-class players in Lacazette, Monreal, Bellerin, and Koscielny. It's not like he left us with a bunch of useless players. It's also not Wenger's fault that we hired a manager who's averse to flair players or attacking football.
If you want to delve into stats, we have a worse defensive track-record than we've ever had under Wenger. In the summer, we added 5 defensive players: Torreira, Sokratis, Guendouzi, Lichtsteiner, and Leno. Yet, we have a worse defense than last season. We also play a dire brand of football. If you think we're playing better football this season in comparison to last season, you either haven't watched us play this season or haven't been paying attention. Wenger's worst is still better than Unai's first at Arsenal.
I'm ready to push this season under the rug as it's Unai's first season but overall, he's been far from impressive - be it player management, our style of football, our defense, our attack, or our pathetic run in the Cups this season.
To put it into perspective, the worst season ever of Wenger - that is being used as a barometer here for Emery - still resulted in us reaching a cup final and the SFs of the EL—losing to the eventual champions on both occasions. So, if we're to have a better season than last season, we have to make it to the final of the EL this season or finish in the top-4.
Perspective.
I'll repeat it again: if there's ever a managerial equivalent of Liverpool, it's Unai Emery at Arsenal. It's never his fault.