Arsenal Blog

Is Unai Emery receiving too much criticism for Arsenal’s start?  Its certainly a topic that has sparked debate amongst Arsenal fans, and there is certainly a strong argument for both sides, and one that I can’t quite decide on myself, so I’m going to weigh up both points of views and see which side is perhaps more justified than the other. Reasons suggesting Emery’s criticism is unwarranted: For a start, lets look at the facts; we’re third in the league. We’re not a title winning team, this squad isn’t at the level required to challenge Liverpool or Man City, so to currently be the best of the rest certainly raises eyebrows as to why Unai is getting so much criticism. We’re third in the league with the third best squad in the league. Whilst performances have been far from convincing in the league, we’re still picking up wins, we’re still getting more points than our rivals. Third was always going to be the best we were going to get this season and that’s where we are. W

After an utterly horrendous, gutless performance from Arsenal in the Europa League final in an inexcusable 4-1 defeat to Chelsea, I will cover the implications of failure to qualify for next seasons Champions League. I have waited a couple of days to put my thoughts into a post just to give myself some time to calm down from an utterly atrocious performance, and to try and put some perspective into what we’ve achieved this season. The performance yesterday was not good enough. It will be another season in the Europa League, which is a failure given our position earlier in the season. To think we just needed to hold on against relegation threatened Brighton at home, or to have beaten Palace to qualify for the Champions League via league position does make you wonder about the players mentality. These were games which we simply should have won without question, and ultimately when it came down to it the players were not good enough. these players don’t deserve Champions League fo