By now it is clear, or else it ought to be, that Unai Emery’s appointment just hasn’t worked for Arsenal. I am speculating, but I imagine that the executive team had planned to give him the duration of his second season to prove himself a worthy candidate for the job, but it is crystal clear that things are unravelling for the Spaniard who is executing a tactical impression of deckchair rearrangement on the Titanic. Personally, I am not enormously upset that Unai Emery and Arsenal has proved to be an awkward marriage. The club have done a decent job of putting a structure in place that is not totally coach-centric. Nowadays, I just think managerial appointments are a case of trial and...
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