Cardiff v Arsenal Sunday 2 September 13.30 BST

[Marc Overmars]

Early doors and I'll hold off judgment until we have a bigger sample of games to work with, plus I've also given the benefit of the doubt for having the misfortune of playing City and Chelsea right out of the traps.

Doesn't exactly scream of much promise right now though.

Few bright sparks with certain individuals but that's undermined by those non-performers who consistently try to bring the mood down. If Emery wants to be respected he needs to make some big calls. It didn't take long for Pep to turf out Hart and Yaya at City, Emery needs to do something similar and make this squad his own.