Unai Emery and his situation at Arsenal is the gold/blue dress meme. You can look at yesterday as a beastly flogging from Lady Luck, with Emery having to navigate a tough game with Sokratis busting his ankle, followed by Koscielny breaking his jaw (get well soon). Or you can look at the deeper patterns that have plagued our season. Poor setup, tactics unsuited to the talent we have, meshed in with sloppy in-game management.
It’s hard to absorb losing two defenders in an important game, but it’s an interesting spin to suggest that we’d have survived that game with any defensive combination when you consider the unsolved structural issues that have not been addressed in 8 months, even after a five player £70m injection of fresh blood. We were ripe for the picking yesterday. We played a high line against an electric group of forwards despite having a collection of very slow players in our backline. A recipe for failure that played right into the hands of a United that sat back and waited to sucker punch.
Sure, we had a lot of possession, but that was part of the Ole G game plan. We’re a toothless force moving forward and very predictable. Emery doesn’t like to play through the middle of the park, instead, he prefers to cycle the ball until he can attack from wide positions for a cutback. Sometimes it works, most of the time it’s bland on toast and fairly easy to control.
The game looked extremely Wenger-ish. Emery didn’t manage his tactics or his subs well and he failed to adapt as the game slipped away from him. After United scored their 3rd, we didn’t register a shot for 20 minutes.
Yes United has better players (gold), but weren’t we hiring in a coach who could help us punch above our weight? If the only issue he had was players, what was the point in spending £17m to ship Wenger on? Stupid question: The issue was coaching (blue), that’s where the low-hanging fruit was. We have £223m worth of talent in a squad packed with internationals. We beat Chelsea with ease a few days ago, we beat Spurs in December. We should be harder to topple.
Arsenal players are the kings of the individual error (gold). Petr Cech had a shoddy game, Xhaka is a bag of mistakes, and Mesut Ozil dropped another middle finger to a coach he clearly believes he can outlast. Our defence was utterly clueless, but again, my question is this: How can coaches of pony clubs with next to no budget set their defences up to be more watertight than ours?
The manager looks bereft of ideas on the touchline. I wince every time I see him pull that petrified look like the police have just pulled up on his drive after he bought a bag of something naughty from the dark web. It doesn’t inspire confidence. Body language is important. He looks lost out there.
However, I accept that this is a game of opinions. Some of you see patience as a virtue and believe in the norms of football that suggest we should give him more money and time. Others are taking a more pessimistic view, seeing the absolute lack of improvement all over the pitch and wondering how we walked right into another nightmare manager scenario.
Pep, Poch and Klopp all had time and all spent money. On paper, it would be fair to give Emery the same chance. Question is, do you honestly believe that would reap rewards? Do you see Emery with a ceiling as high as those three? Plenty believe so and that’s fine. You are gold, I am blue.
That’s the beauty of football my darlings.
Onwards we go… Europa and #Top4 is the target!
Solksjaer has been brilliant. Yes, he has good players at his disposal, but you have to have a clear vision of the formation that optimizes what you have, the role each player should play, the spaces each player should be playing in, etc., and you have to be good at instructing each player on these things and running training sessions that teach the basic principles you want applied. Some here seem to think modern football management is picking an XI and telling players what position they’re playing. This is complete and utter nonsense. A great deal more than that goes… Read more »
Chilwell Maguire Pereira Madison Ndidi* It’s almost like some of you don’t know how bad our players are or just choose to ignore that to make a point. Either way, we need better players and we can’t say for certain a Benitez or an Arteta would have us defending better than this crop of shit we’ve got here. Fabian Schar( many wanted him at Arsenal a while back) Lascelles Those are 2 CBs better than having to play the brainless Mustafi or past it Koscienly weekly. Again, i understand the frustration with having seen a significant improvement but sadly no… Read more »
Earlier CG was suggesting Guendozi was a better signing than Torreira based, as far as I could tell, on the fact G. was French and has longer legs! He was implying that South Americans shouldn’t be signed because of the return flight time to get to their home countries. Wow CG, your logic is blistering! What the hell are Man City doing having Aguero and Emerson in their line ups? Firminio, (previously)Coutinho at Liverpool, what jokers!The list goes on….. but don’t let your myopic narrative get in the way of your ‘world view’. Torreira is a great acquisition, to argue… Read more »
I also think that whoever comes in will need money, money they won’t get or time, time the fans won’t give.
This argument is pointless, I think what your actually wanting is to have your cake and eat it.
Low investment (our current model) will take time and good fortune and has no guarantee.
Invest and things can happen quickly with a higher chance of success.
You won’t get a revolution on a shoe string.
Unai
Spot on with the above
Batistuta, agree completely.
I don’t think the manager is our biggest problem, our current squad is.
Outside or 5 or 6 quality players and some decent kids it’s by far the worst squad I can remember.
Not even sure you can call any of our players world class anymore.
Bamford: “Emery determines the needs. Sanllehi and the chief scout formulate a list. Sanllehi pursues this or that player, this or that deal. Emery has veto power. No board involvement at all.” With respect, your understanding of how business operates is staggering. No matter how many times people explain the fundamentals, your tortuous logic is to find any means of removing Kroenke from any responsibility for what is happening at our club. I can only hope for the ske of American youth that you do not teach economics or business studies. Sanllehi, Emery are members of Kroenke’s staff. Only in… Read more »
Benitez
Yea fascinating input
Right, but it is the manager who decides what’s needed and why. Therefore you can’t separate Emery from the squad, neither as it is, nor as you’d like it to be.
If he stays this summer, HE will be the one saying what we need, who is good enough, who is not. If you trust his eyes, brain and vision, then you are cool with him being the brain building the squad. If you don’t trust his eyes, brain or vision, then you aren’t cool with him being the man to do this.
Pedro,
So Emery actually says I want that player specifically? So what does the director of football and the technical director do?
If Emery did the recruitment we would have Nzonzi not torriera
We won’t see sokratis here either
Bamford, whoever is in charge of acquisitions need sufficient finances to make a difference in the transfer market. In the last few years management has been acquiring average players for large transfer fees and are overpaying them. It is hard to sell players, who need upgrading, for enough money to contribute to the needed net spend. As Kroenke has overseen this inadequate management , he has to consider his culpability in the weakness of our squad. If I was Kroenke, I would accept that if I wanted significant progression in the next couple of years, I would attempt to affect… Read more »
Pedro do you also think we should bring in Benitez?
No, Micheal, you’re the confused one. Stan is the owner; he is not the CEO. The football decisions are made by the football men. He no more thinks about whether Arsenal need a better LB or CB than he thinks about whether the Rams need a better offensive tackle.
No offense, but you’re fucking clueless.
Rafa a better manager than Emery. Is that even a debate?
Benny, he and Raul are in lockstep, part of the reason Sven went.
So it was Emery who signed Torreira, Guendouzi, Leno, Sokratis and Lichsteiner? So apart from Lichsteiner and contrary to most Emery outers on here, he does have a good eye for talent or are we all agreed that they are all as bad as Lichsteiner?
Benny,
Technical Director sets the vision for the football and males specialist hires below Him to move the club forward.
Unai The squad is so poor that you’d need to be a magician to get any more out of our lot and it seems Emery has already done that during that 22 game unbeaten run where he got them playing beyond their normal talents and now they’ve just quite naturally reverted back to type. Doesn’t mean the manager doesn’t take a huge Chuck of the blame as his line-ups and subs have been suspect for a while now but there’s only so much anyone can do with this squad. Easy to say it’s the managers fault but our issues as… Read more »
“Right, but it is the manager who decides what’s needed and why. ”
Nobody in their right mind is saying that neither Emery or Sanllehi are involved. But the board, which is controlled by one man, sets the budgets, targets and ambitions. If you don’t understand that basic principle then I suggest you take up a new hobby – basket weaving ?
Bamford
Michael’s got your number son. Pull your pants up. You just took a spanking.
Bob
The money for signings comes from operating revenues — present and future. This is the s-s model. If the football men decide they can’t compete on the basis of the money they have available to them, they will go to the owner and tell him this. It is quite obvious that we have not reached this stage and that the football men believe we can compete with the resources available to them via the s-s model. As they should; we can.
The question is should we hire Benitez next season or now as some would have it. Would you be on board with that Pedro?
Benitez as a manager speaks for himself, he has his CV, a stellar one…question is , is he really that good a manager right now as he was then?
Pedro,
Ok I get that, but I thought you said in your podcast that Sven got the boot because he’s barely there, doesn’t work very hard and hasn’t brought much to the party? Hence him not getting the technical director job he was originally promised post Wenger?
Perisic/Ozil loan swap being talked up. Great news if both contain options to buy.
Un Na
No, you’re just an idiot who understands almost nothing.
Receding.
I wouldn’t be too excited with the appointment.
He hasn’t won a title since 2004 with Valencia. We need to look forward. Find tomorrow’s man. United look to have found theirs as have Liverpool.
BobN16
I get all of that.
All I’m saying is that there are too many manager’s out there who would have come in to MU and over complicated the situation. Solskjaer also came with no baggage.
Don’t you think that’s where Emery is struggling?
Too many lefts and rights and not enough straight lines, as if he’s trying to prove himself.
Our lot needed simplicity and lots of straight lines.
Man City crumbles when they lost the average Fernandinho, Arsenal have lost at least 6 average players.
Un na nai
I’m watching Newcastle play Watford right now
Don’t know how anyone watches this and wants their manager because they are tight at the back yet a few points off relegation
Receding
He doesn’t do the recruitment. He says: “I need a first XI holding mid, like a so-and-so.” Then Sanllehi and the Chief Scout formulate a list. Then they pursue. The manager retains veto power over the eventual signing.
Manure squad is very good, it was Jose who prevented from performing. With that good quality strikers, mid-fielders and defenders, and Ole trying to show what he can do in a FA game, there was not going to be a win for us as we knew we could not match the quality of their squad. Then why risk our first team players, all of them after all in a FA game I do not accept the argument that because of the opposition, we should field our strong squad in a FA game. Watching the game sitting at the Emirates, a… Read more »
We had one headed monster in Wenger.
No we got Cerberus in Vinai, Raul & Emery. Disaster all over
Bamford, I respectfully disagree.
Owners of large cooperations should and do have a major say in the direction of a business.
Owners of business also invest to ensure a greater return or to stimulate growth when business don’t have the cash to do so.
When you look at it from a sporting perspective, Clearly, City, Pool, Spurs, Chavs all have influential owners at least in some way interested in sporting achievement, we don’t and I think that’s a real problem.
Bamford I know that do does Pedro
And we both know why he replied the poster who asked that it’s all on Emery
Rafa a better manager than Emery. Is that even a debate? Not around here apparently. But for all intents and purposes let’s not argue today alright. So he’s gone at the end of the season (obviously not midseason) we pay him off he’s gone but who do we replace him with? Arteta? No come on let’s be serious here now. Nagelsmann? He’s going to Leipzig so he’s out. The likes of Allegri or Simeone are pipe dreams. My personal favourites would have been Farve, Jardim or Marcelino. But Jardim just went back to Monaco and Favre won’t leave Dortmund having… Read more »
Graham, I do think Emery appears to tinker too much. There is always the ‘defence’ that he has inherited a squad that is unbalanced and doesn’t suit his style of play but at times his thinking appears muddled.
United, on the other hand, have many more good players and would be a hell of a lot easier to set up a team. Following Mourinho was a sweet gig without a doubt!
Benitez is struggling with Newcastle.
Managing Arsenal would only make him look better than he really is.
Perisic/Ozil loan swap being talked up. Great news if both contain options to buy.
Not that keen on Perisic but that would be a brilliant deal
Or we could bring back Arsene Wenger. Maybe he’s open to a return on less money than before and with others having the say over transfers.
Please God no.
We’re a joke club, our fans are mostly the same, all of a sudden have no patience and high standards so lets get rid of Emery, and bring in someone else.
Anyone you brought in that was equipped with what Emery was, wouldnt be doing much better. We just don’t have very good players.
I do think Emery appears to tinker too much You know why that is though. He’s trying to get a mess of a squad to do things differently and to play a different way and he’s trying to make do with players that aren’t his to do things that he wants. I remember Gary Neville and co were talking about it earlier in the season do YOU adapt to the players at your disposal or do you stick to your philosophy in the hopes that they change or buy into it. Players that can’t will likely be replaced with players… Read more »
Calling for a manager 3 points off the top four to be sacked for one fighting relegation.. Sorry but I’m still struggling with that a little
No one will care how many goals we conceded if we play champions league football next year nor are we doing anything of note in said champions league if we do not buy better defenders, no matter who our manager is.
Marko
Not one of your managerial picks has any prem know how.
In your world.
Prem experience is a complete irrelevance?
In this week alone….in our ugly league we have witnessed:
Bellerin is out for a year ( busted knee)
Sok has badly twisted ankle
Kos has a potential broken jaw.
But all these overseas coaches will come over and just supplant their coaching magic ….Not taking into the physical aspect of our league whatsover.
Frightening way of thinking, methinks.
Give Big Sam the call Charlie
Okay Bamford, your argument is that we don’t know how Kroenke will act if he’s approached for more investment in the squad. What we do know is that Emery was chosen and it appears he knew what the initial summer budget was going to be. We could make an assumption that Allegri and Ancelotti weren’t interested knowing the available budget. Sanehli and V (commercial guy) have name checked the self-sustaining model. Were they selected on that basis? We just don’t know if Kroenke signs up management on the agreement that they are going to work under this ss model. If… Read more »
Unai You haven’t disagreed with me, because I didn’t say anything about any of that. What you are talking about and what I was taking about are completely different things. Yes, of course the owner has a say in the direction of the club, its goals, its aims, its philosophy, its approach. However, the footballing decisions are made by the men he has hired to make the footballing decisions. The man owns a hockey team, a basketball team, an NFL team and an English football team. He sets parameters — e.g., finish top four, contend in four years’ time —… Read more »
Physical is back in the 70’s when a leg was broken once a month.
No thanks to the 29 yer old at inter…
70M for 5 players.
Maybe the truth lies in that. AFC should not be shopping at Primark!
How can some blame Ozil or any other player for that matter for yesterday’s loss is beyond me. It’s on one and one man only, the manager. He’s the one who botched the tactics, formation, starting XI, and overall approach and game management right from the start. Iwobi is nothing of a player who only looks busy for the sake of looking busy yet he starts almost every game. Our defense is beyond pathetic, and Emery along with our defensive guru Bould have done nothing to improve it. But for me, personally, it was a simple look at the bench… Read more »
Emery won the board over at the interview , so we are told.
So what is he doing looking at a 29:year old.
Throw the yoot in emery
You won’t be disappointed.
Leno
Amn Zak papa Monreal
Wilcox Lucas. Matte
Smith Rowe
Eddie laca / pea
People now saying we should get rid of Emery and bring in Benitez? The original Spanish waiter? Emery and Benitez both started this season on 0 points. Newcastle spent approximately £31m on 5 players but brought in 14 players altogether and are 12 places below us on 21 points. Emery signed 5 players for £70m, over twice the outlay but Newcastle brought in over twice the players so the Newcastle squad has much more Benitez players in itfrom a starting point than the Arsenal squad being Emery players. So the Newcastle squad is a truer reflection of Benitez’s ability than… Read more »
Our coach needs 3 transfer seasons to correct the structure of this team.
Last night I saw the arsene wenger performance again in our players again.
Sideways passing, horrendous defending, no leadership on the field.
Then we have terrible injuries that destroys a manager’s plan coupled with a tightfisted board. Arsenal have a huge load to deal with.
Time would tell if Emery can make progress.
Bamford, might have passed you by, but we don’t have a head of recruitment. He left because, among many reasons, the manager and SD weren’t listening to his reccos.
Emery and Raul driving the ship, hence the garbage links.
Charlie George we’re trying to have a serious conversation and you always try to make it about nationality and veiled xenophobia. If you like we can put Gareth Southgate on the list of possible appointments
Abramovich runs the show as do the Sheiks at City.
A strong owner begets success
Benny, Rafa is a better coach than Emery. Think that’s what people are saying.
Well he isn’t coaching the 12 players he brought in very well if their results are anything to go by …or is coaching only reflected in the goals against stats
One of the consequences if the 29 Croat comes in – will be- We can move on from Wenger this and Wenger that. This will be the New Regimes ( raul/emery) 6 th signing. It follows a familiar pattern. Ageing players with no resale Players with no pace,power or penetration Players who are devoid of color. Players with no prem experience The new regime are doing something that is pretty spectacular- they are making the Wenger Poverty Years look pretty efficient. An abomination of a signing and a complete dereliction of their duty. We need robust defenders. Not snail like… Read more »
He left because, among many reasons, the manager and SD weren’t listening to his reccos.
Hasn’t left yet but you’re the one with the inside contacts so maybe you’re right. It’s not that we’re not signing Sven’s targets it’s that we’re signing Raul’s. Only it seems more likely that it’s because we’ve got no money this month but don’t let that get in the way of the point you’re trying to make.
So Pedro he’s sacked at the end of the season who do we replace him with?
Champagne Charlie isn’t “people*. He is literally the only one who brings up Benitez
Apologies Bamford, I misunderstood your post.
I do think is Stans absence is a real problem, not in the day to day running but in setting the vision and culture, setting budgets, goals and objectives.
Upstate Right, but no one is blaming Ozil for yesterday’s loss. So your point is a non-point. As for the rest, you seem to be of the view that if Emery has set the team up as you would have set it up, we might/would have won. Most here disagree. Most here think that United beating us was down to our inadequate squad and their superior players. Question: if two teams meet and both managers set their teams well, which team will win? Well, if you set aside all more minor factors, the team with the better players will win.… Read more »
Bamford How much did Enrique ask as budget? Is that why he was discarded? The recruitment team is on record as saying that they were looking to hire someone who would develop talent already at the club and work within parameters. Their choice Emery was fine with that. There are news that the owners/club were ok if we did not make the top 4 this year. The only problem I see us the fans. They are not in theur right to expect top 4 or the team challenging for the league. But what upsets me is that for years, they… Read more »
We’re not getting Benitez. Honestly how fucking ridiculous is our fanbase that you have people making a case for a non manager like Arteta to be our manager or someone like Benitez who’s likely to end up being sacked by Newcastle. It’s ridiculous
No worries, Unai. All is good.
By the way I don’t think we should get rid of Emery for those that don’t understand sarcasm. For years we’ve watched the most unambitionless fanbase content with the status quo all of a sudden develop very high standards after seven months.
We’re in with a shout for the top 4 and still in the Europa (Cech cannot be our keeper moving forward in this competition). It’s hardly panic stations. The same criticising yesterdays selection would have moaned had we got hammered with a weakened squad. There is no winning when your the Arsenal manager.
Also can I just say people complaining about the possibility of signing up players in their late 20’s but at the same time want an instant impact from the manager really need to rethink their thinking. If you’re giving the manager 6 months to improve the team this is how it happens you’re forced into bringing in ready made players. This argument of being more like Dortmund and Leipzig and targeting young up and coming prospects… what’s the point when half a season to one full season is all that’s being considered for the new management team.
The owning company or, in our case, the owner, will only ever step in when they are made aware of financial discrepancies/ concerns or irregularities in the operation. That’s why Wenger and “Ivan the terrible” went. Now that Emery is here, he has to work around a financial system that nullifies his chances of developing the team. Wenger and Gazidis misused the money. Emery has to work around this. Problem is, Wenger’s/Gazidis’s misuse of funds would never have materialized if the owner showed due diligence. So, in this respect, Kroenke is culpable and should therefore give Emery the leeway to… Read more »
MGooner
We spent a lot of that money, mate. Take a look at some of our more expensive signings, take a look at our massive wage bill.
We have money to spend, but we were mismanaged financially and personnel-wise under Wenger. We are now dealing with the consequences of all of that.
@ Bamford,
How about a comparative analysis of the net spend by top team?
That should show how much resources we actually had?
The Mozambiques call the South Africans
Xenophobic/racist etc
It’s nonsensical when they say it.
It’s even more nonsense when you say it Marko.
Arsenal are an absolute disgrace of a club I’m sorry to say Anyone who thinks Stan is legit because he’s hands off needs their head seeing to We got rid of wenger and whether you like, can tolerate m or dislike emery, it’s safe to say the over state of the club is a complete embarrassment The mismanagement of this club from the top has been and continues to be absolutely staggering. We are not turning this ship around in the near future. It’s nearing the end of January, we have new senior management and we still have dithering syndrome… Read more »
Marko
You can probably see why Emery or the management are targeting these ready made players, fans won’t give even the slightest of time to any other manager so im guessing their thinking is in line with getting players who can do a job for a year and two and i wouldn’t blame them one bit
Rafa a better manager than Emery. Is that even a debate?Not around here apparently. But for all intents and purposes let’s not argue today alright.
Marko
Nobody was even talking to you. I think you overestimate your relevance.
Agree with Marko’s post at 16:32.
Like I said with this fanbase theres no winning either way.
“”FSG has seen how Manchester City, despite the backing of their billionaire owne, opened themselves up to beneficial investment opportunities after they sold a 13% stake to a Chinese consortium in 2015 for £265m. FSG uses the services of the New York-based investment bank Allen & Company to vet and filter any interest it receives and this approach was no different. However, it became apparent the interest was not viable as proof of funds were not forthcoming, meaning the approach never got past the discussion stage with the bank and the proposals were not put forward to FSG’s principal owner,… Read more »
Marko
Southgate will be a serious contender when the Arsenal coachs position does next become available.
Pedro
I’m well aware of the fact that our chief scout is on his way out; that doesn’t mean we are not going to replace him. Of course we will.
Benny
Great comment re Benítez. Yeah, he is a good manager, but the notion that he is somehow obviously better than Unai Emery is ridiculous.
Pedro,
Is he though? Really? Newcastle are 17th and play awful football, although Rafa has won the Champions league.
I don’t know man, I think I’d rather take a punt on Arteta than Benitez especially if what people are saying about Arteta behind the scenes is true.
I find Benitez incredibly boring and bland as a personality and he doesn’t inspire me with confidence whatsoever, and if Benitez was a better coach than Emery then wouldn’t Newcastle be higher than Arsenal right now?
I do think Emery appears to tinker too muchYou know why that is though. He’s trying to get a mess of a squad to do things differently and to play a different way and he’s trying to make do with players that aren’t his to do things that he wants Marko But he was brought in on the understanding that his knowledge of the squad was comprehensive. Also for an experienced manager he should know his system by now and what players suit it. If he doesn’t have those players then he should be able Tom come up with a… Read more »
Agreed marko
But then these same people think arteta would’ve been a good choice just because they are excited by him lol (never mind if the squad is excited by him, as long as a handful of fans are eh?)
Derby can set up sll they want, they would still get hammered by Man City.
Also can I just say people complaining about the possibility of signing up players in their late 20’s but at the same time want an instant impact from the manager really need to rethink their thinking. If you’re giving the manager 6 months to improve the team this is how it happens you’re forced into bringing in ready made players. This argument of being more like Dortmund and Leipzig and targeting young up and coming prospects… what’s the point when half a season to one full season is all that’s being considered for the new management team. Marko Beacuse player… Read more »
I think we’ve known for a while that there’s certain elements in our fanbase that are just beyond embarrassing. I assume that every club has the same issue but I don’t know for sure
I would hire Stephan L straight after he retires before I hire Benitez.
Un, I think it’s becoming clear that Emery was hired because he was as good as we could get, it was him or an unproven rookie.
Un Na
Anyone here can respond to anything said here. You don’t get to tell Marko (or anyone else) what he can or cannot speak to. With the comment above, you have added bullying to your repertoire of ignorance and cluelessness.
Emery has inherited a bunch of poor players who can’t read the game.
The sooner he gets his choice of players in the better.
Un nai what system really gets the best out of this squad? Genuine question? Our defensive personnel are error prone and shit. If you want a stronger defense we have to play a very defensive formation. Are you ok with that? Our strikers are good but are starved of creativity. We can play ozil for better vision and passing in midfield, but the danger of him vanishing and his lack of effort weakening our midfield’s defensive solidity is not only real but quite serious. What’s the solution? I’m not attacking you I am just literally out of ideas. People want… Read more »
Yep tight at the back Newcastle losing 0-2 at home to Watford without a shot on target
Give that man a job
Bang on China, exactly my thinking.
I’d say a couple of transfer windows will transform Arsenal to title contenders
Redtruth but Emery has already spent 70m, an unheard of sum in football. We should already be title defenders
*contenders
Arsenal really sgould of beaten Man Utd, the joke keeper let is down again.
People complain that the football is drab and want more attacking football but also want less defensive mistakes from players who have been error prone their whole careers
Red, disagree, We need to get used to this, it’s clear were looking to reduce our wages before we move forward. That in itself will take 2 years or so to work through.
You can right Emery’s tenure off.
What’s this story about Xhaka arguing with fans ?
Frank Lampard is a good example of what can be done.
Inherited an ageing and failing Derby team.
But has innate knowledge of our league- and kept things ticking along nicely..
Doesn’t over complicate
Get his players on his side.
Not saying he is for Arsenal…
Am saying . Someone who knows our football and it’s nuances ( e.g. Arteta, eg OGS) is always a better than an outsider **
That is a logic- that’ runs through all industries except football.
** unless that outsiders is a big hitter( Klopp/pep/ancelloti)
Not writing anyone off. I had to put up with Wenger for 12 years. 2 years under Emery iz nothing