Not going to back Martinez, because it does appear Belgian squad may not fire at all cylinders with him at the helm, but people making such a big deal on this yet there is little to nothing said about deschamps who has done basically the same thing to Benzema. Benzema the best pure striker in France and for my money would pair much better with Grizemann up top then Giroud.
not that I really care because a) international soccer is a fucking bore, even the WC and b) Germany is going to win the entire thing again but still. Belgium has loads of individual talent that doesn't quite seem to gel. France has massive talent all over the place, but lets face it, it's France and without a Zizou out there, they are going to turtle under pressure as is their nature.
And as far as Emery concerned, I think the jury is still way out to say he will fail at Arsenal. To me, key thing is being able to manage primadonna players with huge salaries. He seemed to do quite fine in Ligue 1. To say he is going 1-0 pragmatic games I think isn't really giving him a fair shake. 191-57 gd the past two years in ligue one is pretty strong. And while finishing second last year was a blemish, that Monaco team was stacked with talent and they pretty much lapped the field this year. There was nothing left to prove there except CL and that's a pretty tall task for anyone, let alone losing a Neymar for a return leg vs Real Madrid. They scored 4 vs Barcelona, 5 @ Celtic Park, beat BM 3-0 and 3-1. They were a very attacking team and Cavani missed more clear cut chances then anyone in the world.
Arsenal need to pay more attention to defense because that is where they lack in quality. I think a year of PEA, Ozil, Mikhi, Lacazette really will gel together and make this attack formidable.
