Measuring Success - The Arsenal (Emery) Barometer

Overlapping with the transfer thread? My guy you need to ban yourself for overlapping with the Praet thread

 

I'm looking forward to the new season, but Emery would have to really, really improve this team for me to think he deserves anything more than his initial two years.

I think my pipe dream is for Freddie to be given a chance after Emery. I realize he'll be completely unproven, but we were already prepared to do it with Arteta.

 

Praet is apparently Flemish for Suarez.

 

Let me get this thread going..... I really have doubts about Emery vision and this since his days at PSG. The dude was all over the place there and nobody could pint point exactly what is football philosophy was.
Now at Arsenal, he seems to be following the same pattern. Just this season he started 4 different line ups and at least 2 different set ups. There is no consistency even less continuity. One has to wonder if he even has a plan A.

 

He has a plan, but the plan is to react. It’s why arsenal struggle to create against bad teams.

 

More importantly. Charlie is here.

 

Interesting article on Emery tactics at PSG.

Paris Saint-Germain's top players reportedly debated their style of play with manager Unai Emery last week and backed a return to the possession-based game they played under former boss Laurent Blanc.


https://bleacherreport.com/articles...rs-reportedly-in-heated-exchange-over-tactics

 

He should definitely finish the season and be judged on both results and performance. The club has to be in the Top 4, anything less will be considered a major failure. In addition, all Arsenal fans would like to see and more inventive if not adventurous team, at least able to control the tempo of a game and impose its gameplan and will. The play so far is way too reactive and unimaginative for my taste.

 

When we have a fit squad I’m hoping he plays a certain style

I’m a supporter of his but am waiting To be proved right

 

I don’t want to judge him based on the fullbacks
I’ll judge him on what midfield he continues to select

 

I'm sure that if we miss out on UCL, either by being out of top 4 or not winning UEL, then Emery will be let go.

He was given a pass on delivering that this year. You could maybe argue that he got us close in Baku but that was a very large fail in my book.

So Kroenkes backed his project big time in this past window. A huge and pleasant surprise. All or nothing.

I'm not sure Emery cares much whether the fans don't like our style of play. And I'm not sure the Kroenkes care that much either.

I think for them it's all about UCL qualification and improving our standing in the league.

I think the biggest mystery is how we really didn't address our problems in central defense, and Kos's last-minute departure only compounded that inaction.

But you probably can't hang either of those two things on Emery.

 

What we can hang on him is that his ‘tactics’ have consistently blunted the attack, ostensibly in the name of greater security, while never actually improving the defense.

Emery raus.

 

Often guilty of poor in-game management. Few coaches can snatch a loss or draw from the jaws of victory like Emery. Let’s not even get on to what happens when he faces teams that go down to ten men.

— David Cartlidge (@davidjaca) May 21, 2018

 

No one is calling for Wenger. We're wondering if Emery is the right guy to take us forward.

 

Curious way to bring Wenger to this convo. This is the past. The discussion is about Emery's football philosophy or lackthereof and it is a legitimate question.

 

Completely agree. Some people around here always seem to find a way to bring the convo (and blame) back to Wenger. One person in particular... you know who you are. Time to move on! As was the case 15 months ago.

 

Hey now. I'm just saying that if we're going to be mediocre, we might as well be mediocre with someone who's a club legend, went undefeated for a whole season, and won the league at both Old Trafford and White Hart Lane.

Because mediocre is Emery's ceiling.

 

You weren't the one I was thinking of. Note that I had said "blame" in my previous comment... you tend towards the opposite.

That said, I do feel pretty strongly that we should resist the temptation of bringing everything back to Wenger. And especially in a thread about Emery and the new regime. The Wenger/Gazidis era is over, and it's relevance to current Arsenal is diminishing swiftly.

 

Is that sarcasm? I don't have my sarcasm meter on today.

Joke aside though, I really wonder sometimes if Emery can be a big club manager. I am far from being convinced.