Arsenal fans all agree on the five biggest problems for Emery as they resign themselves to having to ‘embrace the s***ness’
ARSENAL fans have all agreed on the five biggest problems facing Unai Emery as they resign themselves to having to “embrace the s***ness” at the club. The Gunners conceded three goals in three consecutive top-flight games for the first time since 1967 after a 3-0 drubbing against Leicester City. After Tottenham’s shock slip-up to West […]
ARSENAL fans have all agreed on the five biggest problems facing Unai Emery as they resign themselves to having to “embrace the s***ness” at the club.
The Gunners conceded three goals in three consecutive top-flight games for the first time since 1967 after a 3-0 drubbing against Leicester City.
After Tottenham’s shock slip-up to West Ham on Saturday, the Emirates club could have moved a point off their third-placed North London rivals.
Instead, their latest defeat – which followed losses to Crystal Palace and Wolves – has left them languishing in fifth, two points behind Chelsea with two games remaining.
Emery ludicrously claimed he was “proud” of his players’ performance at the King Power but an Arsenal thread on Reddit have listed the five biggest problems he faces.
NO WINGERS
Arsenal started the game with Alex Iwobi and Henrikh Mkhitaryan on the flanks but the former only managed the first-half before he was hooked for Laurent Koscielny.
The Nigerian has managed just three league goals and one fan wrote: “When I heard Iwobi has made 48 appearances for the club this year I turned the game off then.”
Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha, Ajax ace David Neres, and Bournemouth’s assist-king Ryan Fraser have been listed as three potential targets for Arsenal this summer.
UNRELIABLE CENTRE-BACKS
Emery tweaked his central defensive partnership for the third league game running but the decision did nothing to stem a third successive defeat.
Arsenal have already set a new record by conceding 34 goals on the road this season, with fans turning against the “king of blunders” Shkodran Mustafi.
The German, who initially lined-up alongside Sokratis, has bore the brunt of the criticism for Arsenal officially being the most error-prone in the Premier League.
Former Gunners defender Alex Scott said on Sky Sports: “It’s because they’re working as individuals instead of a partnership. I think it’s a miracle they’re competing for top four.”
BLEEDIN’ HEC
Arsenal’s much-maligned centre-backs were not helped by Ainsley Maitland-Niles’ 36th-minute red card with the Gunners desperately missing Hector Bellerin.
The Spaniard ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament during January’s 2-0 win over Chelsea and was ruled out for nine months.
In his absence, Maitland-Niles has had to forgo his natural midfield role with Stephan Lichtsteiner, Carl Jenkinson, and Nacho Monreal all expected to leave this summer.
On fan posted: “Embrace the s******* lads. Kick back, forget about winning, try enjoy what football you can. Remember what it’s all about.
RAM GO
Arsenal have also been given a look at how life will be without Aaron Ramsey with the midfielder continuing to be absent after suffering a hamstring injury.
The Welshman has netted four goals and notched six assists in the league this season ahead of his free transfer to Juventus this summer.
Ramsey will end his 11-year spell at the Emirates in June but Gunners were so desperate for him to stay, they even launched a last-gasp petition to the Government.
Emery recently revealed he may not sign a replacement for the 28-year-old in the transfer window with youngster Joe Willock and Emile Smith-Rowe still on the books.
An angry Gunners fan wrote: “We are a club in crisis. All through the end of the Wenger era, I always dismissed comments like this as reactionary, but now it is certainly true.
GUNNER BE IN TROUBLE
In addition to Ramsey, Arsenal are also set to lose six other players for free this summer – and will only have £40million to spend to replace them.
The Gunners managed 33 per cent possession in the defeat to Leicester that has left them two points behind fourth-placed Chelsea with two matches remaining.
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Should Arsenal fail to break into the Champions League, they’ll almost certainly have to hunt for freebies and cut-price buys.
Another supporter posted: “You have to feel sorry for Emery. He played by far his best possible team and they were played off the park by a mid-table team.
“On top of this, he only has 40 million to spend in the summer. I see no way of ever becoming a champions league quality team again.”
