Emery needs to make his stand by Eddie Hoyte
So there it goes, Arsenal’s first game and against Man City. I’ve always been a passionate supporter of our great club, to the point where my friends constantly tell me to ease up and just live because I’m too obsessed with Arsenal. Anything positive about Arsenal impresses me a lot and I gladly sing it out loud to their faces.
I see myself as one of the few realists on here but a bit different because I choose to see things from both sides and pick my points. I was among the few people who always said I feel a lot of good about this coming season, and I said it a few times that we’d beat City and Chelsea.
We lost to City, now do I feel bad or like I was wrong? No I don’t feel wrong. Simply say instead, the team let us down, with our squad, we could’ve beaten City, Emery got it all wrong in his first game. I’ll be honest. I wasn’t a fan of Emery at PSG, but when he got appointed, I decided screw it! I’m giving this man my support. Hopefully we’ve all seen
what he can do with the team.
He played too safe, tried to respect the old players by selecting them, they let him down as usual. My friend, who’s a follower of this site also and comments on here, and I saw the game together. Before the game we both questioned why Ramsey was on the team sheet and why Lacazette was on the bench. Two minutes into the game, Ramsey wasted a perfect shot he could’ve taken, and on came the madness, he does it every time, 55 minutes later, Ramsey stayed useless on the pitch,
Xhaka was clueless and they let young Guendozi run the game. Mhiki was worse and invisible on the left, allowing Mahrez and Walker to run down Niles till the young boy got injured. I could go on here, but here’s my
point.
Emery should take charge, he doesn’t need to impress any player, after the game, Samuel (My fellow Gunner who saw the game with me) was asking me “what did Emery see in Ramsey that he immediately stated he’s going to be important to him”. I mean, man you’re yet to meet the players on the training ground and you already made a player feel like he’ll be king? Ramsey should be sold off, if he goes for free next summer, I won’t bat a eyelid. Xhaka..Ramsey..Bellerin..should all sit on the bench every game and be allowed to fight for their spot.
Our best selection so far is this.
……………………..Leno…………………….
Litch…..Mustafi……Sokratis…Monreal..
………Guendozi……Torerria……………..
…..Mhiki………Ozil……..Aubameyang….
…………………Lacazette…………..
That’s a 4-2-3-1.
OR
……………………Leno……………………………
Litch….Mustafi….Sokratis..Monreal..
…..Guendozi….Torerria…Niles/Mhiki
……………………Ozil………………………….
…..Aubameyang…Lacazette…………
That’s a 4-3-1-2.
The sad thing is I’m not the coach so I can’t make the selection. If we should use this selections, we’ll be comfortable and we’ll win our games with all the players giving a 100%. Ozil showed yesterday he can also press and run the field covering for Bellerin. Emery needs to be ruthless against Chelsea, and keep Ramsey, Xhaka and Bellerin on the bench… Oh, including Cech!! He’s not a Sweeper Keeper!! Leno is the Sweeper Keeper you need if you’re to play from the back.
I’m staying behind Emery and the boys, let’s do this, let’s hope he selects his best 11 on Saturday.
COYG.
Eddie Hoyte