Arsenal

[Roboklopp]

Any manager coming in will have to see what he can see, weed out the ****e.

[McDermotX]

Noice......Norwich 2-1 up just before HT


#FreddieOut

[Buzzo]

I see that Pepe only makes the bench these days.

£60m and they’ve had - what - one goal from him?

[McDermotX]

Aye.....he is struggling big time. (Might have another goal or two in the EL)

Club situation obviously hasn't helped, but he's only impressed very, very sporadically of what I've seen of Arsenal this season.

Bedding season probably and may get a new start with a new boss, but that was big money.

[Exiled_red]

I see that Pepe only makes the bench these days.

£60m and they’ve had - what - one goal from him?

They also said that he played very well against us, that must count for something

[dom9]

Seems to me that he's a player that they didn't particularly need, when compared to the shortfalls elsewhere in the squad.

And I'm not sure Emery was responsible for that.

And now they've allegedly got a shortlist of 20 managers to replace Emery.

They're doing a glorious job of messing things up right now. They haven't got any kind of vision for what they're trying to achieve. It seems quite dysfunctional.

If they cdon't get it right soon, they might get bogged down in mid table for a few years.

[Phoenix07]

They're in a real mess, aren't they?

With their star players in Lacazette and Aubameyang on the wrong side of their twenties, Ozil being 31, the plus side is that some of their younger players are gaining Europa League experience.

There's even some alleged issues with the amount of money that could be available in the summer.

Not sure why Rodgers would go there just yet, when he could get a few good years out of the Leicester job, and look at maybe the Man City job once Pep clears off.

[Chris]

They are genuinely awful, they don't just struggle in these games they spend most of them getting battered, that's Southampton, Wolves and Brighton that have all totally dominated at the Emirates in the last few weeks, can't really get much lower than that. Perhaps being smacked by Everton, which could happen soon.

[dom9]

I imagine Lacazette and Aubameyang must be wondering what one earth they have done to their careers by going there.

[labourRed]

Its a shame they can't get their act together before city but it is what it is... City will smash them to bits.

[Maxiedge]

If there ever was a club that should play 3 at the back with wing backs, it's Arsenal. Kolasinac and Bellerin are good wing backs and David Luiz much better in 3 man defence. It's not rocket science. Get the defence right first because they are awful at the back at the moment.

[The_weatherman]

[ame]https://twitter.com/sportbible/status/1202903839193665538[/ame]

[McDermotX]

Top captain.

AFTV would probably be giving him pelters, only that there's easier targets there right now.

[Phoenix07]

China's state broadcaster will no longer show Sunday's match between Arsenal and Manchester City after comments made by midfielder Mesut Ozil, according to reports.

Ozil posted messages on Twitter and Instagram that were critical of China's policies towards Uighur Muslims on Friday.

The Global Times, China's national English language newspaper, reported on Sunday that the match would not be broadcast because Ozil's remarks had "disappointed fans and football governing authorities".

The two teams are due to kick off at 4:30pm UK time on Sunday, which would be midnight on Monday morning in China.

CCTV 5's schedule shows it now plans to show a taped match between Tottenham and Wolves instead.

Ozil, who is a practising Muslim of Turkish descent, called Uighurs "warriors who resist persecution" and criticised Beijing's crackdown and the silence of Muslims in response.

He wrote in his posts on Friday: "(In China) Qurans are burned, mosques were closed down, Islamic theological schools, madrasas were banned, religious scholars were killed one by one. Despite all this, Muslims stay quiet."

Arsenal tried to distance themselves from the comments on Saturday. The north London club shared a post from its official account on China's Twitter-like Weibo platform, which read: "The content he expressed is entirely Ozil's personal opinion.

"As a football club, Arsenal always adheres to the principle of not being involved in politics."

Arsenal received angry responses on Weibo, with one showing a shredded Ozil football shirt next to a pair of scissors. Others called for the midfielder to be expelled from the club.

Weibo frequently censors discussion of sensitive topics amid a push by Beijing to clean up China's internet.

Arsenal had not posted about the issue from its official Twitter account as of Sunday morning, while Ozil's posts had not been deleted from his social media platforms.

On Saturday, the Chinese Football Association told The Paper, a government-backed news outlet, that it was "outraged and disappointed" by Ozil's "inappropriate" remarks.

The Paper quotes an unnamed official from the association as saying: "Ozil's comments are undoubtedly hurtful to the Chinese fans who closely follow him, and at the same time his comments also hurt the feelings of Chinese people.

"This is something we cannot accept."

The United Nations and human rights groups estimate that between one million and two million people, mostly ethnic Uighur Muslims, have been detained in harsh conditions in Xinjiang as part of what Beijing calls an anti-terrorism campaign.

China has repeatedly denied any mistreatment of Uighurs.

In November, leaked documents emerged that contradicted government claims that the detention camps were voluntary training centres.

Classified documents appeared to confirm the testimony of many former detainees that they are centres for forced ideological and behavioural re-education.

China's embassy in the UK dismissed that leak as a "fabrication and fake news".

CCTV chose not to air two NBA pre-season games in October after Darly Morey, general manager of the Houston Rockets, showed support for anti-government protesters in Hong Kong.

https://www.skysports.com/football/n...elders-remarks

[spud_gun]

Seriously though **** the Chinese regime.

Ozil is highlighting genocide that's taking place there and countries and multi-national companies are simply turning a blind eye.