Tongues wagging super hard that Allegri has the milkshake that’ll bring Ivan to the yard.
Myles Palmer and a few others are saying he’s Josh and Ivan’s total favourite, and that’ll we’ll go hard to bring the dreamy Italian over this summer.
A few things to undampen those red and white panties.
There will be such thing as a favourite at this point in time, but there’s no way we’re anywhere near hiring yet.
A few reasons why.
Firstly, we only fired Wenger a week and a half ago, his caterpillar coat isn’t even cold yet. The club were very keen to stress that they wanted to run a proper search and select process, and that’s no doubt what they’ll be doing.
The only people I’d imagine they’ve had serious meetings with thus far would be the managers out of a job. I’d expect they’ve had formal conversations with Enrique, possibly Carlo who met with a club at a Rome hotel last week, maybe even Tommy Tuchel and certainly Pards.
As for the rest of the managers on our hotlist, no way.
The club will be hiring based on an in-depth interview. This won’t be a ‘do I like the cut of his jib’ hire. This will be the sort of role a decent manager will want to prepare for. No way Allegri has been moonlighting between games to speak to Ivan Gazidis. Well, that’s my educated guess. It’d look pretty shoddy if an elite manager was caught on the roof of Shoreditch House crushing watermelon margs with Ivan and Raul in a pair of swanky Speedos.
Sure, we may have sounded out his agent, but I’d imagine most decent managers in jobs will be waiting until the season is over before sliding knee deep into interviews.
I could be totally wrong of course, but I think the forest fire of speculation around 15 or so managers we’re interested in is likely the sort of PR Arsenal were hoping for. Truth is, no one has a fucking clue what the club is up to at the moment.
That said, I think I made a mistake in stating Allegri was off the radar, I misread his quotes. He’s apparently still available, and the club would be utterly mad not to have him at the top of the list.
- He has stage presence
- He can rejuvenate old players
- He can shape young one’s
- He’s not afraid to bomb of bad actors, even if they’re incredible players (Bonnucci)
- He’s a winner
- He’s used to working in a structure
- He has an abundance of experience and he knows how to deal with the pressure of a big job, and the pressure of a nurturing a big name
Signing him would be an absolutely exquisite move. Without doubt, he’s the best coach we could hire, and one of the few who could go toe-to-toe with Pep Guardiola for thinking.
A lot of people are fussing over us hiring a young manager because we’re cheap. As a Grover in the comments smartly said… the club hired the best scout on the planet as head of recruitment, and they have a Sporting Director who signed Neymar and Suarez. We’re not going to go cheap on a manager.
However, it’s worth noting, Juve work at break-even season after season, they are no big spenders.
The worry would be that Allegri isn’t going to be working with players who have elite mentalties and a strong work ethic. He’d have to build a winning culture from nothing. He’s have to spend a year explaining how football in 2018 is played. It’d be a very tough job he might not have the patience for… but look, his salary is £6m, amazing what the lure of London and a pay bump can do for persuasion (also been learning English).
Myles made the suggestion that Arsenal should grant Allegri all the power he demands because Chelsea fucked it with Conte by restricting his decision making (Chelsea refute this). My view is if Allegri wants too much power, we should look elsewhere. Arsenal needs to be run properly, the manager is a cog. We cannot allow a king ever again. Conte is a prime example of what can happen when a manager rules by ego, he alone fucked Cheslea’s season, you knew it was coming based on the preseason preparation. We cannot hire a manager who thinks they are bigger than the club. It is an honour to manage The Arsenal, it is not an honour for us to have anyone as a manager. Always remember that.
I’m very excited to hear we’re considering Paulo Fonseca, Shaktar play great football (good read here), and his resume has all the key items we’re looking for… can do a lot with a little, tactically flexible, a developer of talent, and someone who has managed to go beyond the last 16 of the CL.
I think The Mail have our shortlist at 14 names, they have Rui Faria on there, the pugnacious assistant of Jose Mourinho… disgusting.
Anyway, we’ll search high and low and I’m hoping the decision is a really good one.
Gut says Ivan Gazidis and Josh want to do something PR worthy like the LA Rams did in America. I’d say Raul probably wants to go for someone experienced. Sven, someone German because that’s the smartest guess I could make. Again, who knows, I’m just shooting in the dark like the rest of you.
Just don’t fall for the people telling you who it’s going to be, because I know that much for sure, the club are doing this properly… it’s been a long time coming for Ivan, no way he’s going to rush this decision.
Right, that’s me tapping out. See you in the comments.
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I like Zaha a lot, don’t think that he’s top level talent though.
Don’t think that he’s particularly intelligent and he’s too reliant on his physical gifts.
Also doesn’t score nearly enough goals given this deficiency.
I am a huge Martial fan but Bale is a blockbuster player. Right now he is in a different league to Martial.
Bale would bring the fear factor back to the side, especially with Auba there too.
Eagle, my wider point was that United can afford to have so many players on that sort of wage. That’s not really a smart business model for Arsenal. We have to go younger. If we didn’t have Auba and Mkhi then maybe.
Generally speaking though i’d avoid Bale. The injuries have been too much in the last 2 or so seasons.
RP
Get that POV, was more playing DA.
Yeah frustrating how he hasn’t managed to keep fit but at this stage I think that ZZ simply prefers Vasquez and Asensio, hard to argue with how they are performing.
Bale certainly immediately addresses our need for goals coming from a wide player, interesting to see the money he goes for. I’d imagine the numbers only several clubs can meet, notably when wage is taken into account.
Bale is just a no go.
We would have to replace Bale, Auba, Mykhitaryan and Ozil at pretty much the same time.
Really think we need a few young attackers.
The likes of Iwobi and Reine-Adeleide are trash, and youngsters like Mavidid, Nketiah, Nelson probably wont make it.
Sal
Given his age and injury record past couple of seasons I don’t think that he’ll fetch crazy money like Coutinho though.
£70-80 million would be my guess.
As I said, for me he’d be well worth it if you could get 2-3 seasons of him at his best, big if admittedly.
Yeah doesn’t look like ZZ fancies Bale too much anymore. Also Isco is mercurial so you have to make room because the last thing you want is a player like that ending up at City. Everyone would be in trouble.
I personally don’t see the point in having both Ozil and Mkhitaryan, was a big mistake to extend Ozil on such bloated wages.
“I personally don’t see the point in having both Ozil and Mkhitaryan, was a big mistake to extend Ozil on such bloated wages.”
Agree.
Our decision making with transfers and contracts recently has been absolutely shocking.
RP
I’ve always enivisaged Bale ending up at OT, not sure why.
Spurs do have a bit of a history of selling their best players to Utd, Carrick and Berbatov, could be why.
Kane too.
We need to go younger…. but younger and talented…. break through stars
its interesting where the 50 M figure came from and how it was leaked… if this really legit or not.
One has to wonder if this was to deter a certain crop of managers….
Making our list shorter…
Could be bogus. Im pretty sure it is.
50M would mean one star or 2 good players. Hardly what we need
Romford,
There’s a reason he bombed at United and is still playing for Crystal Palace. I just don’t think he is intelligent enough with the ball, even with his dribbles, he mostly runs into dead ends. Kind of reminds me of a taller version of Walcott.
It’s still cool if you like him though 🙂
gambon
Yeah our youngsters are shite.
AMN is the one that I have hope for, don’t think he makes it as a CM though, looks better at LB.
Ozil quietly held us hostage while Sanchez became the fall guy.
He knew we were screwed and took advantage of his position.
He knew AS was off, and then used that to levergae the club having the $$ to pay his ass.
He is not worth 350k a week.
I think we would all agree. He got his last big contract of his career here.
Id love to see us get some younger talent that puts him to shame or pushes him to earn that big cheddar $$$$$$$
Will be very interesting to see if whoever we get in has Ozil at the centre of his plans, I’d be shocked.
Can you keep a £350,000 a week player on the bench at a club like Arsenal?
“Our decision making with transfers and contracts recently has been absolutely shocking.”
The decision to buy Mikhi and Aubameyang was really amateurish considering we had Ozil and Lacca. It pretty much tells me that Arsene and the backroom team weren’t on the same page.
Yeah Bale has always struck me as someone who’d play for United, the same way I think Martial should play for The Arsenal. ……. The thing with Ozil is that had we let him go in addition to Sanchez, there would’ve been mutiny. We kind of had our hand forced. The problem was that had he gone in Jan, that would’ve massively affected the brand. Whether you rate Ozil as a player or not, there are huge pluses to having him. He has a bigger social media following than Arsenal’s own Twitter account. That tells you a story in itself.… Read more »
Would someone like Ancelotti want to be a ‘caretaker’ manager?
We need someone to get us out of the shadow of Wenger and this craptastic wagebill. Could he, or would he want to, be someone who we know could coach us above our weight (maybe squeak a top 4) while rebuilding.
Arsenal has the brand, the city and the revenue to get back up to being a top club, but it’s going to take a few seasons. I hate saddling that on a younger coach who would have all that added pressure combined with this pile to start out with.
We need Ozil to be pushed. He is too comfortable. I hope the new coach sees this, and does not cower at our so called “superstar”
They are many out there for cheaper who are better than he. Just a matter of getting them…. Ozil is getting closer to 30, so now is the time to blood his replacement…
Shit, Cesc was an anomaly, given his age he started with us, but damn how did he turn out…
Jason, Zaha didn’t bomb at United, he was barely given a chance. And Moyes was the manager at the time so that’s not really a fair barometer to hold him too.
A new manager may be able to force Ozil to leave. His new deal may be heavily bonus incentivised. If a manager says “youre not part of my plans, you wont play or even sit on the bench”…….he may be motivated to go and find another option. That said Ozil never looks very motivated. What on earth the club were thinking I have no idea. He has completely plateaued as a player, and his output is no better than players like Pogba, who play nowhere near as high up the pitch. I remember being slammed on here for years for… Read more »
RP
Fair shout on all that, but when the number one reason that you choose to keep a player and extend him on £350,000 a week wages isn’t even football related, then you have a big problem on your hands.
Moving forward there are clearly better players out there that we should be looking at then extending him on that kind of money when he hits 30 in October and isn’t getting any better.
Myles Palmer and a few others”
Problem with Myles Palmer is that he has been outed as an utter lying cunt on more than a few occasions. I’m not too sure what’s in it for you to link his website full of bullshit, but a warning to others:- gives it the biggun that he’s itk because he once wrote a shit book about AW and was the original guffawing akb, but he’s as itk as Terry from the pub, who’s just a loud mouthed cunt at the pool table after a few Foster’s …
Personally, I’d keep only one of Ramsey, Ozil, Mikhi and loan or sell Iwobi. Among other things, Arsene and his penchant for collecting no10’s is what stuffed us this season.
Well if we were looking at going young and that to be the criteria for players to take us forward in the TW, then a big no to Carlo Ancelotti.
Gambon
Good post, but who are the managers who would be ruthless enough to do this? Bench Mr Flu Ozil.
The only one I can think of coaches Man U.
I am asking because I think its what the team needs. No more mr nice guy manager. earn your place or sit your ass down!!!!
Allegri for a start would not build an attack around Ozil, simply not versatile enough.
At least Mkhitaryan gives you the option of playing wide.
Eagle, Well personally I don’t agree on that being the reason we kept him, I just identified factors for us offering the new deal.
Most people have made their mind up that he’s not serviceable anymore and that’s fair enough, I don’t really agree though. Like many players here, I just think they’ve stagnated under hearing the same voice for so long so need a change in approach.
Haven’t read a single comment today so I’ll carpet bomb this bitch.
1. Allegri. Not first choice but why not.
2. Youth. I say…let’s go Ajax on this and have the youngest team in the PL. Why the fuck not?
3. Bale? Cunt. Worthless and bald as a coot under that silly man bun. A bit of a season wonder.
4. Wenger out!
5. Sell that piece of shit Ozil asap.
6. Ditto Wilshere. Bastard.
Have I covered everything?
“Good post, but who are the managers who would be ruthless enough to do this? Bench Mr Flu Ozil.”
Ancelotti pretty much kicked him out of Real Madrid because he’s a lazy sick note.
Romford
Ozil has a huge following due to his Turkish heritage, has nothing to do with multicultural Germany. In fact, I don’t think Ozil see’s himself as German at all, and most likely only chose to play for Germany because it was expedient to do so.
The pluses of Allegri are that he is proven winner, works on a smaller budget and is respected enough to pull names to join the Arsenal project.
Juve is strong in attack and also defense. They had madrid on the ropes before a brain fart happened. His teams fight hard…. Arsenal would be in a shell shocked state to have him… and he would be a welcome change.
While he doesnt appear ruthless. bar Bonnucci, he would be a massive updgrade
From last post
Dream 10
My managerial wish list is:
Jardim
Simeone
Tuchel
Nagelsmann
Allegri wouldn’t be my first choice as we need a manger who can work with the financial constraints of Kroenke.
Happy to go with youth mixed with elite experienced players, such as Cantona brought to United’s glory days.
RP
I do agree and it makes sense from that perspective but it’s simply thw wrong move when it’s weighed up against his age and productivity not to mention his fit in the team going forwards.
Would you not prefer a replacement that gives us more playing options than Ozil does?
You look at a player like KDB and like it’s night and day watching him and Ozil in important matches.
“Ozil has a huge following due to his Turkish heritage, has nothing to do with multicultural Germany. In fact, I don’t think Ozil see’s himself as German at all, and most likely only chose to play for Germany because it was expedient to do so.”
Yeah I mean this screams agenda for all corners. He wasn’t forced to do anything. You’re saying he only has a huge following because of his heritage, why is this not applicable to all other players with that heritage? Come on.
Will be interesting to see Ozil with a new manager, The fact is, Wenger cultivated a hippy commune where no one was told off, no one was dropped, and there were no standards. Ian Wright recently said players have been turning up whenever they want to training, he also said Wenger slowly outlawed hard tackling in training to protect the attackers, which is one reason why we are so soft at both ends of the pitch. A new manager could basically say to Ozil “If you dont start working harder off the ball, particularly in touch games, you will basically… Read more »
Eagle, yeah I wouldn’t have been opposed to him going in Jan but I also don’t think he holds us back from doing anything. I also think he’s a lot more versatile than being given credit for. He barely even plays #10 anymore. At the start of the season we played 343 with him on the right. When Ramsey got injured he filled in CM some games. Since we’ve switched to a back 4 again he’s been playing on the right with Wilshere, Ramsey and Xhaka central. He hasn’t been great but then who has? I don’t really get how… Read more »
Allegri can work within a budget his yearly net spend is quite low but any ‘Elite’ manager taking over is going to want large budget to rebuild. Would be suicide otherwise, Wengers left it in tatters. Not to mention salary the manager will be on.
Gazidas going to try and sell us on the “potential’ of incoming manager, feels written.
Gambon
I dont see that toughness in Ozil. He will put a quick call to his agent to get his flu ridden ass out of here pronto!
Good luck finding another team!
‘Allegri wouldn’t be my first choice as we need a manger who can work with the financial constraints of Kroenke.’ Allegri has handled Juventus’ finances very well. Not as exceptional as Conte in this regard but you have to account for inflation and the ramping up of the market too in the subsequent years after taking over Juventus in 2014. Signed Dybala for €35 million, the same amount of money that we paid for Xhaka, Mustafi. Mandzukic for €20 million, Alex Sandro for €26 million, Dani Alves, Khedira and Evra on frees, Benatia, Howedes, Cuadrado, Douglas Costa all on loans… Read more »
Ivans ass is on the line here. I see him playing this safe with the big name coach. Makes him look good. Makes him look like he wants to change things at the club.
If so, thats great.
A risky inexperienced penny pincher would seal his fate….
I am worried that he wants someone he can control completely. A younger manager fits that.
RP I think that for the type of player that Ozil is as well that he’s not going to age particularly well. He’s very reliant on his movement off the ball and ability to go through the gears, he is a lot faster than he’s sometimes given credit for. As players get older and into their 30’s upon losing some of their sprint speed and spring, they tend to adapt to deeper roles in the team. I don’t think that Ozil has the range of passing in his locker to excel from deep. Cesc crushes him in this regard, as… Read more »
I used to be a vocal critic of Ozil but over the last 12 months I have begun to admire his game more. When he clicks the team clicks. It’s just a matter of extracting top performances from him on a regular basis.
I’d prefer a Malcom-type wide player instead of one of our 4 big attacking players, but now that we have them i’d like to see how they go. certainly Auba & Lacazette seem to have a good chemistry on the pitch.
I constantly read on here about the spending constraints at Arsenal and whilst I’d be the first to agree we had a period of severe austerity over the last few years we’ve spent heavily. Outside of City, PSG, Utd, Barca and Madrid how many have net spends significantly higher than ours?
Our wage bill is also considerable.
Eagle, you may well be right. Agreed that he’s definitely a lot quicker than people think he is but thankfully that’s not what his game is reliant upon. His short passing game is still enough to keep him relevant, as his intelligence, but where and what position that is in remains to be seen. Whether a manager could bring greater intensity out of him remains to be seen. But I never thought a manager would get that from David Silva and he happily plays as an #8. For me quickness of thought overrules everything so as long as that’s there… Read more »
no agenda Romford, just an observation with what he himself has intimated.
Just on Ozil, Wasn’t Barca suggested to be interested in January?
what club would realistically come in for him?
Jasongms, not really sure mate. I mean on a free transfer he would’ve had a lot of takers. Now on his wages, not so much so. Infact barely any. So the challenge is for the new manager to get more from him. Let’s see if that’s the case. If he’s not performing then he should sit on the bench and someone else should take his spot.
RP
Meant to ask you, what do you make of what’s happening at Leverkusen?
They are going to be the hipster team next season, they’ve accumulated a tonne of very exciting players there that are quite a young group.
Brandt, Bailey, Kei Havertz, Volland (young-ish, lol),Tah, Jedvaj, Lucas Alario and they’ve just signed Paulinho from Vasco Da Gama for €30 million, supposedly the next wonderkid from Brazil.
If Ozil missed due to “FLU” he needs to have his salary docked x amount.
The amount of games this fool misses due to being sick is crazy
I find it all Bullshit. He is not sick. Men in their prime dont get sick as much as he does. Let alone a well oiled tuned and fed machine.
The new coach better show up at his house. look in the window and take photos of him playing play station on the sofa with a bunch of joints
Guns of Sf
Or the club say he’s got flu when they don’t want to risk him.
Have you ever thought about not believing every thing you’re told?
Eagle, Brandt and Bailey will both go to top clubs IMO. Who is anyone’s guess but both are quality. Kai Havertz is the jewel in the crown. Unreal talent who plays CM and #10. Tall, gangly looking figure but loads of ability. Everyone has known about Tah for ages although he’s been quite inconsistent this season and Leverkeusen have shipped a bucketload so his stock has probably dropped a little. Don’t know much about the Brazilian kid you’ve mentioned but will keep an eye out. It’s a shame because you’d love to see this crop thrive but will probably get… Read more »
Marc
The club looks stupid then. Why cover for him? For what? Risk him?
Our star player??
See this is part of the problem with the team…. feeding the fans some more horse shit.
Accountability at its finest
“When he clicks the team clicks. ”
Ozil clicking has the same probability as me winning the lottery.
“Except Champagne Charlie’s mate.“
You bored?
The thing is you can’t push Ozil. If you do he will just fold and end up burning out too early in the season. As for position, I don’t think he can play in midfield because he needs to take too many breaks in matches, Silva is comfortable taking the ball consistently – same way as Iniesta is – but Ozil won’t get the same space if he starts in central midfield that he gets as a free man dropping deep from advanced positions, so he would find the position alot more mentally and physically taxing. We really need to… Read more »
Just jokes CC.
Guns
It’s Wenger and he’s gone in 2 weeks give or take a day or so.
Why get wound up about something when all things being equal a solution is already underway?
I know nothing about Fonseca or Buvac. ( Pretty hipster sounding names there)
Of the names mentioned I can’t see last Jardim. Has played attacking and defensive football successfully, won stuff against the odds, transitioned to another country successfully and the, seemingly, important record of bringing youth players through the club’s academy. His disposition also seems more suited to Arsenal, unlike, my other favourite Simeone.
*past
RP
Of course, most of them likely will move onto top clubs. The hope is given how young they all are that they can keep them together for another season, especially the trio you mentioned.
Leverkusen have put together a really good group of players, haven’t even mentioned some of the older fellas like Leno, the Bender bros and Bellarabi.
They’re such a weird team in how inconsistent they are, one week unstoppable the next week awful.
Huge potential though with that group, if they can keep them together next season they are the only remote threat to Bayern.
Marc
Which Guns? The real one or the pretender.
My post insinuates its all BS…. the flu.
So yes, I dont believe the club… but that is the message they give to us.
BS
Lies
deceit
Ozil hardly puts in a hard shift…. so it irks me to think that they are not “risking” him
This is the rot of the Arsenal. Held to lowered standards by “superstars” who dont want to play
Pretender mate!
Guns of Hackney is the highlander of Guns.
There can be only one.
Guns of SF should change their name. Kidding. One can’t have too many guns.
Marc
I was only jesting about Wenger out…but not about the other clowns. Ozil et all should be shipped out post haste. I’d rather see arsenal struggle with youth than struggle with people earning a million a month playing one game.
Arsenal and Wenger need to be completely cleansed. A new beginning beckons.
‘Has played attacking and defensive football successfully’
Well said, the gritty Monaco of 2014/15 are easily forgotten about where they only conceded 26 goals in the league (10 goals less than champions PSG) and kept 5 clean sheets in their 6 UCL group matches and in the knockouts bested us at the Emirates and only lost to Juventus over 2 legs to a Vidal penalty.
How can both Jardim and Simeone be someone’s favorite? They are polar opposite.
Sal
Me and SF are going to duke it out in a 1980’s movie. But not in a church as that’s hallow ground.
“It’s better to burn out than fade away”
“How can both Jardim and Simeone be someone’s favorite? They are polar opposite.”
They are good football managers. What’s polar opposite about that?
Lets see how all this rest impacts Ozil on Thursday.
his facial expression at the end of games looks like he might have a coronary any time…
He has shown flashes of brilliance at Arsenal, albeit against shit teams.
I hope Thursday, he shows ups and shows us something special.
I’ve been saying it for a week. As long as we don’t get Ancelotti, I’ll be pretty pleased.
He seems like a step sideways.
Lemar was the hot property last season. Don’t hear a lot about him now. Young players are just not worth it. Go for 85-90% experience and 15% max youth, the really promising ones at that.
Ozil might be the greatest provider in world football but if there isn’t a guy on the end finishing it…he’s moot.
Other than that, Ozil is a million a game chancer. Weak willed and lacking in cardio.
Come on, there needs to be some “Gun” representation in San Francisco Bay Area.
Im happy to have that handle!
Guns of Hackney the next time I visit london Ill buy you a few beers
Then we can thumb fight to settle it…
Raheem is back in the house.
LeGrove is back.
Resigning Ozil was a massive mistake. Him and Wenger are a match made in no responsibility for anything heaven.
New manager is going to have a problem on his hands. Because not only is Ozil lazy and declining as a player. No modern system uses a number 10 like Ozil anymore.
Just putting Ozil out on the pitch is severely limiting what we can do.
He needs to move to midfield to be a worthwhile player but he doesn’t have the physical or mental ability to do it.
Big problem.
Gambon
Oi oi Gambon, sal etc.
Guns of SF
You’re taking care of business stateside and I’m keeping things in check here. We’re a franchise.
I’ll let you in to a little secret…I moved out of London four years ago after 38 years in Hackney. London is finished.
Beer and a thumb wrestle sounds good. I have four thumbs…I know, weird.
The Kurgan was pretty boss!
Feel same about Carlo A but could easily see him creep into these managerial discussions. With Europe’s elite managerial demands, Carlo is the perfect middle ground hire for someone in Ivan’s position. Personally feel Ivan had a plan and has it locked down, just hoping that plan isn’t a mangers whose sole contribution is potential.
Wenger had to go man, he had to
Is that Radio Raheem I see!
There was a reason why Madrid let him go, he would play about 65 minutes and then get subbed every game almost. Someone I spoke to who had some insider info said to me, that madrid was tired of his lack of discipline and night life living lifestyle… he was not committed like the rest of team. Plus he smoked… and his fitness was always questionable. Midfielder? no chance…
why did Gnabry go..he seemed promising..has he flourished in his new place?
Radio
‘They are good football managers. What’s polar opposite about that?’
I mean in terms of their playing style and demeanor, they are at two ends of the spectrum. Of course both are good managers but I am assuming you would like to see Arsenal play a certain way and not both the managers can get their team to play that way.
See how much more interested in Arsenal the fans are now Wenger has gone?
I’m even gonna buy a shirt as soon as the new one is released.
My self imposed exile is over. I feel like Douglas Quaid heading back to Mars to take on Cohaagen
“Resigning Ozil was a massive mistake. Him and Wenger are a match made in no responsibility for anything heaven.”
Here’s hoping he follows Wenger to China.
Sal
Ancelotti is the guy you call to put out fires…we need the guy to start one. In the best way possible you understand.
He’s a safe pair of hands but after Wenger, we need someone to make waves.
He’s beige and we need magenta.
Gnabry left because we once again fucked up with contracts and had no idea how to develop him.
Wengers go to method is to initially play them out of position, then if he trusts them he completely runs them into the ground.
We definitely need someone at the club that knows how to develop youngsters. Who to release, who to persevere with, when to loan, when not to etc.
When need someone who does tactics. The players are clueless right now.
Ancelotti isn’t that guy.
Andy
Serge was shit. But Wenger is also shit. Therefore, Gnabry turned out okay.
Hambon you son of a bitch…don’t go buying shirts. Mums do that. Go casual.
TR7
2014/15 Monaco weren’t too disimilar to Atletico Madrid.
I still believe that Simeone is capable of playing more attractive football, Diego Costa made a big difference since his winter introduction and him and Griezmann were on a tear up until recently.
He’s competing with the two best clubs in Europe all in the same league, it’s miraculous that he even has them competing at such a high level given the massive disparity in resources.
Indeed, Carlo would be a very lateral move when we need vertical football!
Honigstein had a piece on it not long back, not the man for rebuild.
Pedro calls em the Ancelotti jitters.
The players need shaking up. The fans need waking up.
We need a smash mouth go getter to get people buzzing. Youth or crazy…it will work.
I’d have zero issue if arsenal went for Arteta. It would be bonkers and I’d love that.
andy walker
nice piece on Gnabry, with a little bit of Nagelsmann, from a few weeks ago…
https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/hoffenheim-s-bayern-munich-loanee-serge-gnabry-proving-nagelsmann-wrong-477448.jsp
Sal
I agree with you on Ancelotti. If we’ve got a billion pounds to spend on players then yeah get Carlo in.
I’m not that convinced by Allegro, he has done excellent improving a side that was primed for improvement. But can he build from scratch? We aren’t too far off ground zero, speaking relatively of course.
Allegri even