Post Final 'Blues'
30th May 2019
What happened? Having put so much effort into planning, actually travelling to Baku and putting up with accommodation disaster once there, why could the Arsenal players not put in the same sort of effort on the pitch? There was no real passion, heads were down and we never looked like the team that won so convincingly against Napoli and then Valencia. As travelling supporters, we can blame UEFA for picking such a far away place and a stadium where we had to sit so far away from the pitch, but the Arsenal squad had no travel worries on their first class jet and had no accommodation worries in their first class hotel. To be stuffed 4:1 on a Wednesday night in Baku is not the memory I wanted to take away.
I could lament the sad and feeling frustrated trip back on the buses into Baku, but I won't. There is always next season. There will be some departures from the squad this summer, that is inevitable now. Let's hope the right decisions are made and that Emery has the chance to build.We can win in Gdansk next year!
What had started off as being a day full of hope, excitement and optimism ended in failure, sadness and overwhelming desire just to go to bed and wake up in the morning hoping the match had just been a very bad dream!
What happened? Having put so much effort into planning, actually travelling to Baku and putting up with accommodation disaster once there, why could the Arsenal players not put in the same sort of effort on the pitch? There was no real passion, heads were down and we never looked like the team that won so convincingly against Napoli and then Valencia. As travelling supporters, we can blame UEFA for picking such a far away place and a stadium where we had to sit so far away from the pitch, but the Arsenal squad had no travel worries on their first class jet and had no accommodation worries in their first class hotel. To be stuffed 4:1 on a Wednesday night in Baku is not the memory I wanted to take away.
I could lament the sad and feeling frustrated trip back on the buses into Baku, but I won't. There is always next season. There will be some departures from the squad this summer, that is inevitable now. Let's hope the right decisions are made and that Emery has the chance to build.We can win in Gdansk next year!
What had started off as being a day full of hope, excitement and optimism ended in failure, sadness and overwhelming desire just to go to bed and wake up in the morning hoping the match had just been a very bad dream!
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