Match Reaction - Arsenal 1-2 The Cavs and their ref

[Mac76]

Yep. And that's down to the board. If the manager and the players are ready to give this a go and the fans are ready to give them a chance, we'll need to see the board step up too. That's where it's most likely to fall down though. Unless Kroenke starts giving a shit there's a ceiling that can't be pushed through.

I understand the cynicism towards the Kroenkes but i'm not totally signed up to it

They did provide funds to buy Pepe etc in the summer, and i certainly heard that they started voicing doubts about Emery ahead of Raul and co

I'm not saying they're the best owners and they don't know much about football or the PL but tbh i've not seen them pretend they do, they've relied on Gazidis, Raul etc for that and have taken bad advice on signings like Xhaka, Mustafi and also hiring Emery

The real test i guess is whether they're prepared to fund more signings in the January window as we desperately need more quality and experience in defence and midfield

And such signings shouldn't depend on selling mustafi, we ahould just get rid of him any way we can