The difference for me though is that last season was the end of a long process with no chance of improvement, whereas this season we’re starting in the same spot but will surely evolve overtime. I understand the concerns but until he has enough time to sort out the squad we won’t see a drastic change, and he simply hasn’t had that time yet.
This persistence can hurt us, but we know Cech is going to be replaced by Leno at the lastest in the summer, we know Torreira is going to find his way to the team because he is simply better than Xhaka and Guendouzi. I don’t really understand why Emery persists with whom he persists but eventually change will happen.
(I don’t think he will make a contender out of Arsenal regardless)
I don’t think we’d play from the back under Wenger. I also believe we’d have done more against Manchester City (maybe not won, but more scoring opportunities)
The Chelsea comeback was nice, but what does that matter if we lost the game anyway? Furthermore, Wenger had a surprisingly good recent record against them.
These are all marginal differences, I might add. As I said in my first post of the evening on this thread, all-in-all, it’s Wenger-like and that’s my problem
Why do people always bring Wenger into the conversation? He’s gone. Surely I’m not the only one who doesn’t care to read if Wenger was still here it would have been this. If Wenger was still here it would have been that
Like Calum wouldn’t compare Emery with Wenger if Emery had won against City & Chelsea.
Heck there were statements like ‘Wenger side would not have come back from 2-0 down’ etc during Chelsea match.
It works both ways.
Early days or not the defence has to improve very quickly. Torreira has to come in and give us a modicum of control and build some sort of effective cover in the middle.
Best thing we are seeing off the new manager is a bit more bite and reaction after giving goals away. We dug that one out today and im clinging to that.
Weve got a damaged goods squad of players though, and where carrying a lot of dross that are not going to improve as much as some may have hoped under a new manager.