Unai says goodbye, Mikel says hello

rebel rebel · 1 Nov 2019 at 12:53

It seems the press are increasing the pressure on Unai. We have the captain debacle, the way he choose Granit, and the backlash from him swearing at the fans last weekend. Now they're running Mourinho stories and rumours of the kids at the club openly doing impressions of him. Then there was one of the directors apparently saying they were better off under Wenger. I thought he would at least get until the end of the season but now I wonder if he will make the New Year.

rebel rebel · 3 Nov 2019 at 11:12

Mourinho had dinner with Raul Sanllehi last week.
I think it's gonna happen.

Next week's game against Leicester is now a massive game for us.

rebel rebel · 3 Nov 2019 at 19:10

We are a poisonous club though, our fans boo the captain and shout abuse at our players as they make their way home.

rebel rebel · 3 Nov 2019 at 20:16

Yas786 said:
You do realise why he was booed right?? The abuse some of our fans give it our players is uncalled for. But when your damn captain is walking off slowly when being subbed, too ******* right he should be booed.
The club isn’t poison, what’s poisonous is a few select players and an absolutely turd of a manager.
God if Mourinho is ever appointed arsenal coach, I’d stop watching Arsenal. He has lost his aura/magic and now is just a poisonous toad.

That's quite a hateful post, with many contradictions.. "Booing is uncalled for, but too ***** right he should be booed. The club isn't poisoned but some players are and the manager is a absolute turd.."
I'm not sure you would be missed if you stopped supporting the club tbh.

JOSH said:
So doubling down on the poison is the solution...nah.

It's more a case of be careful what you wish for. The club booted out its most successful manager, now we are a club without meaningful leadership crying out for a manager who can galvanise the club again.

rebel rebel · 3 Nov 2019 at 20:20

robfosters said:
It would be peak arsenal to replace a negative manager with an even more negative one.

I’d honesty rather Wenger back than Mourinho.

I want Rodgers. Just give him whatever he wants.

I want Vieira but he is just plodding along at Nice.

rebel rebel · 3 Nov 2019 at 20:27

robfosters said:
And Rebel, don’t start attacking fellow fans. We had enough of that crap during Wengers reign. All of us want the best for our club, but we have different ideas on how to achieve that.

I don't believe he is a real fan.

rebel rebel · 3 Nov 2019 at 20:54

You talk about not watching and not supporting the team if someone you don't like becomes the manager. You criticise the players and coach. If you are a supporter I'd hate to be sitting next to you at the games.

rebel rebel · 4 Nov 2019 at 10:39

Karius maybe?

rebel rebel · 4 Nov 2019 at 12:13

I wasn't happy with the way we blew the champions league spot at the end of last season. But was happy with the way the squad was cleared out and the new faces were brought in. But then how much of that was down to the Manager? Does he have a final say on who they buy or sell, or does he just coach?
Then this season it hasn't been great, and if we lose next weekend, we could be 9 points behind 4th place. That's blatantly not good enough.

rebel rebel · 4 Nov 2019 at 12:44

BaZ87 said:
He was never booed, in fact when he made his 1 appearance at Anfield following the CL final (a pre-season game) he received a huge ovation. Heck, even Hodgson, Poulsen and Konchesky were never.

Arsenal have overtaken Everton as the angriest, maddest crowd in the PL.

Ok, I wasn't sure.

Lately Arsenal fans only show passion when they're hating our own players or coach.

rebel rebel · 4 Nov 2019 at 12:46

Andybtsn said:
It was the same under Wenger.

Yes that's what I meant. The abuse he suffered was disgusting.

rebel rebel · 4 Nov 2019 at 13:10

We were bought out by a billionaire who refused to spend any money for years. They relied on Wenger's ability to buy cheap and mold players. But the game moved on, and scouting networks got better. So that became more difficult.
The fans anger increased each year..

rebel rebel · 6 Nov 2019 at 13:49

jonneymendoza said:
O I remembered us finishing in the bottom half!

The season George Graham left, before that I presume sometime in the 70s.

rebel rebel · 7 Nov 2019 at 10:24

opethdisciple said:
The Arsenal crowd have become toxic.

It's been that way basically since the Krankies took over.

rebel rebel · 7 Nov 2019 at 10:38

opethdisciple said:
The AFTV lot think they can effect change. Sure it's nice to have a platform to voice their opinions, but I think they are over doing it now and have become toxic.

The worse we play the more people complain and AFTV love controversy because it makes them more money. I've never actually watched an AFTV video and don't intend to in the future.

rebel rebel · 10 Nov 2019 at 10:26

Reports in the papers this morning say the club has met with Luis Enrique!

I would be happy with that.

rebel rebel · 10 Nov 2019 at 12:22

Our form has been terrible, if they don't act soon we'll finish around 8th. His mandate was to get us into the Champions League within 2 years. We are now 9 points from 4th place.

His record for the first 50 games is worse than Wengers last 50.

rebel rebel · 10 Nov 2019 at 17:16

jonneymendoza said:
only slightly worse

Yes but if that form was enough to sack our most successful manager why isn't it enough to sack our current?

Also they spent unprecedented amounts of money last summer.

rebel rebel · 10 Nov 2019 at 22:38

robfosters said:
And we sacked Rioch after one season, and he was responsible for one of our greatest ever masterstrokes, bringing in Bergkamp.

Bergkamp signals new era!

I remember thinking we had signed a real world class player. My Tottenham mate told me "don't expect him to have the same impact as Klinsman". Lol

I wonder what he would be worth in today's money?

rebel rebel · 11 Nov 2019 at 12:33

Now is the perfect time to sack him. Our next league games are Southampton, Norwich, Brighton and Wsst Ham. Let's get someone else in and get them off to a great start.