I am in LA this week. Outside my hotel? Drip Doctors. That weird little place Samir Nasri went to get an intravenous drip. I am going to head in their tomorrow and ask for whatever he had.
Back onto Arsenal. Arteta landed a vote of no-confidence from Henry Winter on the Sunday Supplement. He’s strongly against the Spaniard, citing Diego Simeone as the man we need to sort out the soft underbelly of the weak Arsenal stars.
“Arsenal need a complete clear out – they need a strong, experienced, individual to address the failings,”
“Someone needs to go in and sort out that dressing room, to get rid of Shkodran Mustafi and to coach Hector Bellerin.
“How many world class players are there in that squad? Mesut Ozil, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang?
“They need a Diego Simeone type. Someone who is tough and can get into that soft dressing room, that soft boardroom – there is a soft executive feel at that club. There is a malaise that runs right through the club, which won’t be solved by Wenger going – he was only partly the cause of it. They need stronger individuals in there.”
“Arteta was part of the problem with the Wenger era in terms of he was supposed to be a leader there when the club was drifting. He’s got to explain how he can break that.”
Aggressive words there, and I’m sure many Arsenal fans will buy into them. But for me, they’re off the mark.
The notion of a big scary coach is an old-fashioned one. You can’t shout your way to success these days, and I have my doubts that fear and intimidation is how Diego is extracting the most from his players so consistently.
I also don’t know where the notion that Arteta isn’t tough comes from? He left Spain to play in France, before taking his pretty boy looks up to Glasgow (which is a pretty brutal league and city). Then he played at Everton for years, before coming to a broken Arsenal that was replacing Cesc and Nasri. We didn’t drop out the top 4 under Arteta. In his last season, we made 2nd for the first time since 2005.
This piece out of Per’s book gives you a good idea of how bad things were under Wenger.
The youth players who were promoted to the first team smiled at these exercises. They thought we were meditating. They were happy with the ball at their feet but for everything else there was a lack of desire. “I play football and go to training. That’s enough.”
Footballers are used to working only three hours a day. And out of the three hours they are at the training ground they are on their mobiles for half of that.
A lot of players don’t even know what maximum is – for them it is about having fun on the pitch. But there is more to being a professional than that.
In the autumn of 2017 an under-18 player came and asked whether we could sit down for a chat. I nearly fell over, I was so surprised. That hadn’t happened in the six and a half years I had been there. He wanted to speak to me about leadership.
I used a lot of energy trying to convince team-mates they should do more for their bodies and try new things. But working long term to improve their weaknesses? Hardly anyone.
I just cannot imagine being a young pro and not wanting to leech the experience from a World Cup winner like Per! I told you the real story about how average Wenger was would creep out once he retired, there’s a little snippet.
Malaise doesn’t come from the players, it comes from the manager. When you’re at Arsenal’s level, there isn’t really such thing as a lazy professional, just an unmotivated one.
Just look at how many players left Arsenal during the banter years and won major honours. Look at how many great players came in and went totally off the rails. It was never about the players, it was always about a bad manager who didn’t care about the details.
The weakness at the executive level that Henry mentioned appears to have been addressed. We’ve hired the exSporting Director of Barcelona. We’ve hired in the best scout in the world. We hired in an elite contracts guy. Stan has taken a back seat to Josh K, who knows if that’s a good move, all I know is Wenger is gone and Josh has been here 14minutes.
Ivan is making the right moves.
He’s also making an ambitious play with his manager. He’s ignoring calls for a big name… and remember, the same folk calling for a winner were probably celebrating LVG at United, and then his subsequent replacement in Mourinho.
No one guarantees success, and the people least likely to give you that are the ones that have already failed. Carlo doesn’t have the ideas to better Pep, especially at a team that doesn’t have anywhere near the resources he’s had at previous clubs. Enrique and Allegri have already thrown in the towel, both leaking that they’d need £200m to do the job. Arsenal need a coach who is ambitious to do great things with the tools he has at his disposal. Klopp is doing it at Liverpool at the moment, he didn’t bitch about money. He just cracked on.
Arteta is a risk, but for me, the rewards on offer are very exciting should it work out. Give me someone with desire over a hack just in it for the pay bump. Just look at Conte this season, all he wants is a payoff and a nice sabbatical. Chelsea means nothing to him.
If you’re going to write off Arteta, let’s make sure we’re slamming him for the right reasons. Critiquing him for not being a tough guy is a nonsense. Alluding to needing a strong manager to scare the exec suite is also a bit of a myth. I’ve read so many people say the club are only hiring Arteta because they can control him.
THINK ABOUT THAT
No club in the world wants to hire a manager they can’t control, because a business is a structure built on hierarchy, values and respect. Accepting an out of control manager shows you are weak and insecure about what you want. It’s certainly not something any club would actively seek out. We’ve literally just binned a manager who bossed the board, and that problem took 10 years to solve.
The main stick to beat Arteta with is experience. He hasn’t managed a top club, and that’s certainly an issue when it comes to optics. However, we’ve seen countless examples of rookies crushing it this season, so if his ideas and vision for the club were exciting in the interview and the references check out… then you have an exciting problem.
Hopefully we’ll find out the decision this week…
Bankz is here for the Tr4phy again
2 before the BOOOM
Tr4phy
BOOOOM
Clean sweep.
Where’s everyone?
DM you’ve been slacking.
The impending Arteta appointment will never fill me up with excitement.
If he gets appointed, it will just go a long way to show how mediocre Arsenal are willing to become in the next couple of years.
We’re deep in too much shit to be experimenting with a rookie manager no matter how inspiring or brilliant anyone makes me out to be.
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Banks do you have a job ? You must work in an office to get on it so quickly?
I think it’s ridiculous we are even considering a rookie to manage a club the size of arsenal once we go on any kind of bad run the crowd will turn, it’s actually embarrassing
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Yawn.
Thanos I do, I’m on my way to a meeting right now and since I have the luxury of being driven around, knocking the Legrove Tr4phy on a Monday morning seemed too tempting to pass off like Wenger’s 10million wages.
I think it’s ridiculous we are even considering a rookie to manage a club the size of arsenal once we go on any kind of bad run the crowd will turn, it’s actually embarrassing To see Pedro beating this drum for weeks now seems hilarious to me. He fought for a Wenger change for the best part of a decade and now he’s willing to give Arteta a run at Arsenal for his first managerial job? Like it doesn’t add up or make sense in any way. Yes Arteta could become our Pep or Zidane but I’d bet a whole… Read more »
Arteta it is..
They always do this in close season so there is no noise from the fans and after we have to pay for our season tickets knowing we won’t give them up
Yawn. Arteta is a dud. Loser mentality and never Arsenal quality to begin with.
“Arteta is a risk, but for me, the rewards on offer are very exciting should it work out. Give me someone with desire over a hack just in it for the pay bump”
The rewards for an arteta realistically is getting into the top 4 pedders. That’d be him overachieving. Meanwhile, that’s the least you’d expect from a Diego.
You’re telling me it’s logical to back an arteta to win the title in a league that has Mou, Pep, Klopp over a Diego for example? Who has, you know, done it before? Give me a break pedders.
Agree with you Banks. It is a totally unnecessary gamble. What was wrong with Jardim never seems to have been even mentioned?
Dully on the same page.. why not Emery!?? He did wonders in Seville!
Totally not dully..
Arteta’s from the Basque Country, has anyone met someone from that region who wasn’t hard as nails?
I know he’s not Ornstein, but Balague thinks there’s a possibility of Xabi Alonso coming in with Arteta as his assistant. now that would be exciting.
“Just look at Conte this season, all he wants is a payoff and a nice sabbatical.”
Not sure why you bashing Conte here. When abra went around buying players he didn’t want. Still did alright in the end.
A brilliant say today, Pedro , I am with you all the way.
Henry Winter talking tough is simply hilarious. If Martin Keown said ‘boo’ to him he’d run a mile.
Right now we should be cheering, simply jumping for joy. All the signs are there, Gazidis &Co mean business. Not off-the-cuff stuff by Ivan, it’s been long planned. And that includes Lehmann, Mertesaker, Arteta. Are they tough enough? You bet they are! Take a look into their eyes.
Who would I add? Keown as assistant manager.
“Yawn. Arteta is a dud. Loser mentality and never Arsenal quality to begin with.”
Must be so rewarding for you to talk down on someone you might never probably attain his level of achievement.with fans like this pleb we ain’t progressing much anytime soon.
The biggest problem with having Arteta as manager, and this doesnt seemed to get mentioned enough…. We offer nothing to get players to come to us, no chance of league titles or champions league football Even this Sokratis guy didnt have a great last season We finally have an opportunity to attract good players by the removal of Wenger We can now get a manager that will make players want to come to us, and we turn that aside to give it to Arteta Is Arteta going to inspire players like Fekir, Pjanic, Malcom, Lemar, Rugani, Mahrez Seri etc to… Read more »
CD
“Yawn. Arteta is a dud. Loser mentality and never Arsenal quality to begin with.”
Must be so rewarding for you to talk down on someone you might never probably attain his level of achievement.with fans like this pleb we ain’t progressing much anytime soon.
And that includes Lehmann, Mertesaker, Arteta. Are they tough enough? You bet they are! Take a look into their eyes.Who would I add? Keown as assistant manager.
lmao – wtf – seriously?
Mertesaker inspired strength and leadership when he was captain didnt he – NOT
Arteta – no experience – and you want to add the even less experienced Keown to the team – lol
An Arteta appointment will certainly be underwhelming, but I do not think there is any basis to conclude he will be a flop. I confess I’m no expert in identifying good football coaches. In business (where I have a lot of experience), I have seen rookie team leaders excel in much the same way I’ve seen so-called experienced team leaders flop. Wenger is gone, and I’m willing to ride the wave. After all, it can’t really get worse than it was under Wenger. If it’s Arteta, let’s support him. It might just turn out to be a master stroke (and… Read more »
I’ll tell you what ……Let’s slag off the manager before he has even been appointed …I had my doubts about the stupidity of a section of the Arsenal fan base but now I have no doubts …this group are as thick as shit . Why not wait and see what the next few months bring ,it will be easy to see if their is a wind of change in the club by the comings and goings . If it is Arteta I have no doubts that this group of fans will repeat what has been happening over the last 5… Read more »
Ben D
No it can’t get any worse than under Wenger can it …..
4 cup finals in 5 years(winning 3) and a semi final in Europe …..dreadful .
I’m starting to get the impression Pedro is pro Arteta..
Gooner63
“We finally have an opportunity to attract good players by the removal of Wenger”
Who do you think attracted players like Sanchez,ozil,fabregas, van Persie,Henry ,vieira,pires Campbell …
Pierre
i think most will get behind Arteta if he is appointed – i know i will want whoever the manager is to do well
just many think we need to be showing intent – and that means a big name manager to attract quality players or at least a manager who has rebuilt and got success by using younger talent – ie Jardim.
ie Fekir – i want to play in premiership – hmmm Arteta or Klopp
no choice really
JHC so much negativity, it’s just unbelievable. Not one of us has a clue about Arteta and yet some on here are already complaining that he’s not fit for purpose. Don’t believe everything you hear or read. Wenger would endorse a three legged donkey to be the next Arsenal manager, as long as it made him look good. Wenger has alienated so many fans over the past few years, that most of them really don’t know what they want. I personally feel Arteta is a hell of a lot tougher than many would think. Give the guy a chance and… Read more »
@Pierre:
Stats are deceptive, trends are everything. It’s a fact that the trend under Wenger was downwards the last 10 years. It’s that trend I’m hoping will be reversed now that he’s gone.
One thing is certain, we would have continued getting worse if Wenger stayed. At least now there is a chance we could improve. That’s my source of excitement.
You can choose to remain sad that Wenger is gone.
There is too much negativity about Arteta coming mainly from media sources most of whom have very little background knowledge about the guy. As has been pointed out to me recently by a local sports journalist most of the people who write about Arsenal have very little insider knowledge about the club. They spend their time reporting on different clubs and matches. Local journalists spend their time focussing on Arsenal and have seen first hand what goes on at club. The view expressed is that Arteta would be an excellent Head Coach. He knows the English game having played and… Read more »
Pierre
If it is Arteta I have no doubts that this group of fans will repeat what has been happening over the last 5 /10 years with Wenger ….
One defeat early on will be enough for the crap to start all over again ….the know nothing only bullshit brigade (KNOBS)will embarrass the club again .
absolutely spot on! the minority of our fan-base(WOBs cum KNOBS) might just be about the worst set of fans in the history of football.
Who do you think attracted players like Sanchez,ozil,fabregas, van Persie,Henry ,vieira,pires Campbell …
cesc, henry, viera, pires rvp were not top top players when they moved to arsenal
sanchez sat on the bench at Barca
Ozil – well we all know he has faults
plus if we really wanna go there – Wenger attracted
Francis Jeffers
Mikael Silvestre
Richard Wright
David Grondin
Pascal Cygan
Sebastien Squillaci
Denilson
Andre Santos
Park Chu-Young
Gervinho
Philippe Senderos
Marouane Chamakh
Alberto Mendez
Cristopher Wreh
Stefan Malz
Davor Suker
Amaury Bischoff
Nelson Vivas
and mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnny many more
Another shit post. Yawn.
Bankz…….seriously get s life!!!!!
Gooner63
You left out few more”
Jack wilshere
Ramsay
Chambers
Holding
Walcott
Welbeck
Gibbs
Jenkinson
Yep that’s the list of British crap and waste of money and time
I will get behind whoever we appoint just worried that a rookie manager will be out of his depth as he has not been there before. Go cut your teeth at a smaller club then come to us. I think we are far to bug to be an experiment
“just many think we need to be showing intent – and that means a big name manager to attract quality players or at least a manager who has rebuilt and got success by using younger talent – ie Jardim.” All this needing a big name to attract a big name thing is tiring. How is that working out for Man United? How did that work out for Chelsea this season? You need hard working players willing to play to a style of play dictated by the head coach This is football not hollywood , enough with all the big name… Read more »
plus if we really wanna go there – Wenger attracted
Francis Jeffers
Mikael Silvestre
Richard Wright
David Grondin
Pascal Cygan
Sebastien Squillaci
Denilson
Andre Santos
Park Chu-Young
Gervinho
Philippe Senderos
Marouane Chamakh
Alberto Mendez
Cristopher Wreh
Stefan Malz
Davor Suker
Amaury Bischoff
Nelson Vivas
Gooner wasn’t such a bright idea to come out with this list and your know that,kind of a mish-mash of good to slightly average players.
Thanos
Arteta is no more a rookie than many of the other candidates.
When you analyse the so-called list of candidates few of the others have actually worked or played in England.The only potential candidate who has was
Carlo Ancelotti.
Moreover which of these managers has actually got contemporary knowledge
of English game?
On that basis alone Arteta is the best qualified Head Coach.
This idea that we should refrain from expressing grave doubt over Arteta seems to me to emanate not from any logical or rational argument but simply a bit of annoyance or frustration that we’re not all taking a ride on the merry go round. It is claimed we know nothing about Arteta and therefore we should automatically give him the benefit of the doubt. Is that how appointees to high profile jobs chosen? It’s total madness. What does any job that is advertised (never mind manager of Arsenal) ask for? That’s right – experience. In fact nowadays it is arguably… Read more »
“On that basis alone Arteta is the best qualified Head Coach.”
I do not agree with this in any form or shape
Yes , it’s a part the club has decided to take, but he was no way the best qualified, not even the fifth best qualified
I for one can see the merits and also demerits of his impending appointment but let us not go overboard with statements like that
Emery(not dick) in London having talks with Arsenal.
gooner63
it will do you a lot of good if you can also list the dross of players signed by the world classed managers you want us to sign cos there is no manager on earth who doesn’t have his own list of bad signing. Wenger is gone but you are still bitter in heart despite the fact he doesn’t know if you ever exist. he is getting rave left and right but you? – still sobbing. may it continue I pray
Emery(not dick) in London having talks with Arsenal.
just read that also, what do you make of his ability?would certainly take him ahead of Arteta(who should probably come in as a number 2 to bed in)
ES
‘On that basis alone Arteta is the best qualified Head Coach.’
Bet you didn’t have Arteta in your managerial wishlist until a month ago and now he becomes ‘the best qualified head coach’.
Ben D
I am under no illusions in knowing that Wengers time was up… But let’s not make statements like “It can’t get any worse than under wenger can it”…because it can get a lot worse.
I Watched the cup final at the weekend and I gave up after an hour as it was such a dull, negative game….. Would I want a manager like mourinho or conte, not really… Somewhere in between mourinho and Wenger would be good… Keep the attacking side but install discipline through the midfield area.
http://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/2/938740474?-19387:844:0
The board might have weighed in on fan reactions of Arteta as manager which probably has not gone well with them hence swiftly make this move for a United fan-base.
Victorious
He would do for me, without a doubt, his teams play good football and he’s a winner..
gooner63it will do you a lot of good if you can also list the dross of players signed by the world classed managers you want us to sign cos there is no manager on earth who doesn’t have his own list of bad signing. Wenger is gone but you are still bitter in heart despite the fact he doesn’t know if you ever exist. he is getting rave left and right but you? – still sobbing. may it continue I pray errr Tee if you read the posts you will see i was responding to a reply regarding Wenger attracting… Read more »
Arteta has played for several years in EPL and not just under Wenger. He had the confidence of Guardiola to coach alongside him. Both Wenger and Pochettino offered him a coaching job at Arsenal and Spurs. So the bottom line is that he was rated good enough to coach at three of top clubs in English Football. What exactly are the credentials of most of the other candidates? Tuchel and Nagelsmann may be decent coaches in Germany, but have actually not won anything. Neither had a top class playing career. The more senior coaches linked with job may have on… Read more »
Emery(not dick) in London having talks with Arsenal.
could this be true? If it is then I’m ok with it. his CV is interesting.
“Bet you didn’t have Arteta in your managerial wishlist until a month ago and now he becomes ‘the best qualified head coach’.”
LOL
TR7
No I did not, but I was aware that Arsenal have a tradition of recruiting managers
who were ex club staff or players.
That sentiment was also expressed to me in a phonecall I received from club
following an email I sent Gazidis in aftermath of our terrible performances
against Man City in League Cup Final and EPL away game.
@Vicuntious
“Gooner wasn’t such a bright idea to come out with this list and your know that,kind of a mish-mash of good to slightly average players.”
So so disengenious. Pathetic.
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The Arteta propaganda continues from Pedro…
“The main stick to beat Arteta with is experience. He hasn’t managed a top club,”
He hasn’t managed any club, there’s no running from this fact.
Arteta is untested as a manager in England too
Not many top managers have great playing careers
tbh im less concerned about Artetas experience as i am about what he can bring right now
we need to rebuild, we need potential and quality, why would any of these come to Arsenal – no CL, no shot at a title and a no name manager
look how we struggled to sign real top talent under Wenger – and can see it being worse under Arteta this summer
Where would you go – Pep, Klopp, Poch, Jose, new chavs manager or Arteta
Do you seriously , in your heart of hearts , really think Arteta won’t bring fresh ideas to this group of players and do you really think he couldn’t see the GLARING problems with this team when he was here and you seriously think he isn’t going to address all of the things that need addressing if he comes in !? People on here are going on like he will come in and just fumble his way through a training session and then stutter his points across – COME ON PEOPLE – he is coming from a side that just… Read more »
I think most of us are making judgements on Arteta based on his leadership or lack of when he was captain of Arsenal. At best he was underwhelming.
Which other big club has hired a coach without any managerial experience? You can’t say Zidane or Pep as they both had managed the B teams and both teams had great squads
“That sentiment was also expressed to me in a phonecall I received from club
following an email I sent Gazidis in aftermath of our terrible performances
against Man City in League Cup Final and EPL away game.”
So, you sent a mail to the Club and a spokesperson important enough to deal with fan-mail gave you information about the identity of our next coach.
Pierre
If it is Arteta I have no doubts that this group of fans will repeat what has been happening over the last 5 /10 years with Wenger ….
One defeat early on will be enough for the crap to start all over again ….the know nothing only bullshit brigade (KNOBS)will embarrass the club again .
The only ones that have been embarrassing the club are the Wenger groupies like yourself and Vicuntious. “Let’s wait and see what happens”. “Let’s give Wenger the benefit of doubt he might turn it around”. Pathetic cunts.
Arteta is the cheap option who won’t demand an overhaul of the playing staff which is needed if we are seriously going to challenge for the title. Gazidis is selling it as some sort of progress. Under Korenkes ownership we will never have any ambition
What’s point of top 4 when this squad has no chance of winning the championships league?
There are several reasons why Arteta shouldn’t get the top job, there are far fewer reasons why he shouldn’t be assistant. Christ, he might get a few week’s in, and decide that management isn’t really what he thought it would be, and want to jack it in. It isn’t hard to improve this Arsenal team, just by improving defensive shape and responsibility so I’m just glad that the grey man has gone. A lot of this squad have developed some really bad habits which need to be addressed asap; anyone who can do this, will improve our game by 30%… Read more »
RR
“So, you sent a mail to the Club and a spokesperson important enough to deal with fan-mail gave you information about the identity of our next coach.”
sorry to butt in, are you insinuating he is living?
*lieing
Henry Winter is pretty much spot on with his assessment.
Steve the chavs cunt
when will you learn?Wenger is gone, the narrative on here has changed,we are all therefore speculating
We all see arsenal sell players that go on to get better coaching and subsequently win things – yet some of you don’t believe that Arteta can’t come in and deliver better coaching to the whole group and we could subsequently win something ? Remember when the whole English fan base wanted to start a go fund me page to get Raheem sterling back from the euros ASAP because he was so dreadful – yet now ,him being outstanding is down to Arteta – now just for a minute – think what would happen if Arteta could come in and… Read more »
Steve the chavs cunt
when will you learn?Wenger is gone, the narrative on here has changed,we are all therefore speculating on what the future holds for the club,why not move with the tide?except maybe you don’t have it in you to make any meaningful input? which means you just a poor version of Red in the trolling business,cheers.
Pedro mate you can’t be giving arteta credit for arsenal coming 4th at a time before the top 6 became meaningfully competitive and you can’t give him credit for us coming second in a season when absolutely every major football club vomited, pissed and shat the bed whilst Leicester skipped to the title By all means rate arteta. By all means give him a chance. But to be talking of us making the top 4 in those days as a big deal or us coming second is Arsene level revisionism. Ignore all the context and just bring it back to… Read more »
Arteta will be the new Pep and Löw rolled into one, only with a better barnet and a hotter wife.
Probably going to get a ban for this but he’s on the take right? Once again another Arteta puff piece trying to force it down people’s throats. I suspect collusion with Ivan maybe a hardline where they whisper sweet nothing in each other’s ears
Just wondering how many assistant managers have gone on to be a success at big clubs without managing anyone else in between
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If stroller is insinuating that while Wenger was still manager that he personally received a phone from the club stating that they were going to hire a former player as manager once Wenger left yes I think he’s talking shite
“Dick” Emeryplus Arteta as no 2 (eventual no1) possibly? Could be v.interesting.both from basque region.should hit it off.v.interesting……
Guys, guys, guys! Arteta has played for some of the biggest clubs in world football: Rangers (bankrupt), Arsenal 6th is the new 4th, PSG on loan, Real Sociedad, and Everton!
Judge him in May!
He captained Arsenal and helped us win the tr4phy!
What on Earth has happened to Pedro? Swimming in kool-aid.
We’re fucked next season.
Emirates stroller
Good morning
Boy do you write a lot of shite in long prose.
“‘On that basis alone Arteta is the best qualified Head Coach”
So Pep and every successful foreign manager weren’t as qualified as Arteta when they came to England initially?
Please send another email to your sources at Arsenal so a they can just break the news to us early. That was an audacious ITK move.
I love Pedro but he’s been drowning in this Arteta kook aid for a while.
Someone throw him a reality life jacket.
Rambo Ramsey You can interpret the phonecall any way you like, but the fact is I was phoned byArsenal and more to the point a critical opinion about was going on at club was expressed. Also it was confirmed that my email had been discussed by the senior management at club. The point about staff at club preferring ‘in-house’ appointment i e ex Arsenal player/coach was also raised. One of the major problems with posters on Le Grove is that there is in most cases absolutely no real knowledge about any of the candidates only assumptions. No-one disputes that Wenger… Read more »
Emirates how can an ex player have more experience in managing than a current manager if they have not managed in the premier league ? They have still amanged right ? unlike arteta.
Emery has won cups and titles is he not more qualified in managing us ? What about jardim?
If what you say Is correct then we only get a manager who has managed in the prem like Parsee then!
Stroll on mate
Quick question
Manchester city have spent £392 million on player transfers since Guardiola took over.
Is there anyone who thinks that city wouldn’t have won this league this season had Arteta not been one of the six assistants under Guardiola.?
Manchester city assistant manager: Xabi Mancisidor, Rodolfo Borrell, Domenec Torrent, Brian Kidd, Mikel Arteta and Carles Planchart
Stop referring to Arteta as the number 2 because he is just one off the many assistant coaches at the club..
Gazidis is Pedro’s man…he’s going to back him to the hilt. Its all going to enf in tears….
Ivan and his wannabe Pep clone are going to get fired and Kronke is going to bring back Wenger as catetaker lol!
“Also it was confirmed that my email had been discussed by the senior management at club.“
Case study in narcissism
What next in the ITK profile?
Some want to replace one tired dynasty with another. They may be misjudging the fan base.
There’s very little emotional connection to Arteta. When the shite jots the fan, it will be pandemonium because there won’t be need for any restraint.
The fact is, no one knows how Arteta will do. Yes, he lacks experience, but he may be smart enough to do well in his first gig despite that. Many of you are pessimistic about this. Fine. But it’s no more reasonable to be pessimistic than it is to be optimistic at this point. Pedro is trying to be optimistic, and I don’t see anything wrong with that. After many tiresome, pointless years under Wenger, we are looking at a new regime: there is nothing wrong with trying to be optimistic about things.. I for one am remaining open-minded about… Read more »
It doesn’t matter what happens when Arteta gets to Arsenal, I think Henry Winter is right
Thanos
How many times does it need to be repeated that we are looking for a Head
Coach and not a Traditional Manager.
The club has experienced management in Gazidis, Sanllehi, Mislintat and Burgess..
Arteta if appointed will focus on coaching the first team. So when we discuss
his competence and experience that is the role we need to discuss.
In other news, Alexis Sanchez continues to be garbage for United.
Reports that we are talking to Unai Emery this week. Some of you may be hyperventilating about Arteta for nothing. 😉
Also it was confirmed that my email had been discussed by the senior management at club. Oh ffs yeah senior management discuss all emails from complete strangers at board meetings. You are such a bullshitter and then you say people on here work on assumptions? Mate you don’t have a direct line to the club. Let us judge the new incumbent after a couple of seasons and not jump as so many habitually do after half a dozen games. Half a dozen games we haven’t had a new manager in 22 years where you getting half a dozen games. You’re… Read more »
Arteta might be great. I know he’s got glowing references from all over, but the problem I and many others have with supporting his appointment is that we just don’t know if he can teach Bellerin how to defend, or if he knows how to keep poor little Mesut’s immune system healthy past Christmas. He’s a professional footballer who played at a high level, if not quite the highest, and he’s worked as a coach, so I definitely accept the fact that if I can see problems with the team then so can he. In fact he can probably tell… Read more »
You’re right Bam why not gamble on Arteta could work could not work. What’s another wasted year or two we’ve been doing that for a while anyway. Two years out of the champions league what’s four years out of the champions league really
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Actually Thanos was referring to the “head coach”role when he made his comment.
Keep getting obsessed with the distinction between head coach and manager.
Everyone here is referring to the head coach. We all know we have a chief scout and Director of football.
Arteta has never managed/coached the full spectrum of coaching. He’s handled smaller responsibilities delegated by a head coach to him.