Originally Posted by
Özim
Emery will get some time, but I think by next season we have to see a dramatic improvement and clear vision, right now it's a bit all over the place, there's an over reliance on sub standard players (I know some have said he came here and wanted to start with a clean slate, but for me sometimes that's not necessary, you can see how poor someone is based on how they performed in the past few seasons), no defensive solidity at all and some odd decisions.
IMO Lacazette and Auba must play most matches and if we're not winning stay on from start to finish as they are the most likely to get a goal, AMN should be given a shot in CM ahead of Xhaka (alternate him and Guendouzi), Torreira again must sart most games other than (maybe not cup games), obviously he can have a rest where possible but the reality is we have no cover so he should just play.
I wouldn' mind seeing Elneny over Xhaka as well if the two kids need a rest as he can't be any worse.
I'd bring Ozil back in as well, he's our highest paid player, is better than Mhiki and Iwobi who aren't that great or that effective (Iwobi has the odd decent game so I'd play him over Mikhi as well who should be sold as he's rubbish) and there's always the chance he can create something, let's face it it couldn'thave hurt using him against West Ham, we lost the game after all and our form in recent games which he hasn't featured has been dreadful so the other guys hardly deserve to be in the team themselves. At the end of the day Emery is playing Ramsey even though he's leaving, so even if he doesn't get on with Ozil he should play him and then try and sell him in the summer, what he shouldn't be doing is cutting off his nose to spite his face when he has no real decent alternatives.
Defence for me will have Mavropanos in as soon as he's fit, may as well give him a shot as Koscielny is finished and leaving in the summer I would think and Mustafi is an awful defender.
The other issue is the goalkeeper, I wanted Leno to get a chance to see if he was any good but in reality I wasn't sure about him given his lower stock and reputation for clangers in Germany. So far he's been a bit disappointing, basically confirming his reputation, we only have Cech as an option so realistically we should stick with him and see if he improves, if he doesn't our 20 million investment might have turned out as a bit of a waste, but then it was always a risk signing a keeper who's form and reputation had fallen like his.
Emery has a lot of work to do, but firstly he needs to stop sticking with certain players who don't make the grade like Xhaka/Mustafi/Mhiki etc and try something different, I don't want to see another manager who's too stubborn to see sense. In the summer I expect some decent signings as well, we need a CB for sure (a decent one, possibly two), also the full back area is a problem then I think a winger is a must and then possibly someone in midfield with some creativity to replace Ramsey, we also will probably need cover for Torreira (obviously we'd need to get rid of quite a few as well if we can).
If Leno isn't the answer then a keeper comes next.