Heavy Metal and Narrow Shoulders You need big shoulders to manage The Arsenal. The Cannon is heavy. And it appears to be too heavy for Unai? Football Management is based on four main principles: Tactics Man Management Decision Making Results And frankly Unai is failing at all of these. Tactics – Emery tinkered […]
Why, Why, Why, Unai We saw the light on the night that we let go of Wenger We saw the flickering genius and that he was losing his mind He was a top manager But he was left wanting and we knew that we had to call time My my my Unai Why […]
The Secret Diary of Mezut Özil, Aged 30 3/4 Monday 16th September 2019: 71 minutes, 71 minutes, bloody hell, gonna suffer this week, really not used to this intense a workout. Wednesday 18th September 2019: Away in Frankfurt tomorrow, well the rest of the boys are. Emery knows the deal, no long away days […]
You can’t win anything with kids It’s Wednesday 12th August 2020 & Julian Nagelsmann is about to start his first pre-match press conference of the new season. It had been an interesting summer in the transfer market. Mustafi and Xhaka had joined Yeovil Town on deadline day, both stating it had been a childhood dream […]
Due to my unreliable alarm clock, I missed the game this morning. So not having any reference, except for the result via BCCSport, I thought I’d review the game based on my Twitter timeline. So here goes……. Pepe the Flop: ‘Oi where’s Pepe’s receipt. Has it been 30 days?’ Pepe the Genius: ‘Pepe is […]
When Unai went to Anfield……. When Unai went to Anfield, I don’t think he got it right, He went too narrow in midfield With no width left or right When Unai went to Anfield He went with two up top To try and catch them on the break It didn’t work in front of the […]
Different manager, Different philosophy There was a young man called Unai Emery Who had 45 million to spend, apparently So he brought a Brazilian prospect And a defender, he then loaned back And we thought, ‘Different manger, same old story’ Wilf Zaha was named our main target But Palace wanted more than our […]
The Captain Collective Back in August last year, Unai stated that; “In my career, I want leaders in the team. The representation for every player and in every time in the season there is the capacity to do that. Maybe there will be more leaders in the team to show this captaincy, not just in […]
Ode to a modern football fan This is not me advocating the acceptance of mediocrity. It’s just me requesting some perspective. Please guys, please, please relax Please guys, please, please chill out Please guys, reign in the attacks Please guys, reign in all the shouts Remember, success, it is not a right Remember, […]
I’m still standing (With apologies to Elton John) With the recent release of Rocketman (not sponsoring this article but if Paramount are reading ???), I started humming some Elton John tracks. Then ‘I’m still standing’ popped into my head and then so did Carl Jenkinson. I’m Still Standing: Starring Carl Jenkinson You could never […]
