Quick post this morning because I feel like I’ve been trapped in a time loop on this Arteta thing.
The deal has been agreed with the man, 3.5 years. The hold-up is waiting on the final backroom team, what that looks like and what it costs.
Apparently, the assistant won’t be Borrel, who is being promoted to Pep’s assistant. There are names circulating around the internet, Iñaka Caña Pavón (via @DarrenArsenal1) is being mentioned as a goalkeeping coach. I think there are some names that’ll potentially be joining from City and maybe another rival in the league.
There’s also an interesting story about Michael Flynn of Newport joining him as an assistant. He saved the club from relegation and he’s overseen a number of giant killings. He studied his badges with Arteta. He’s also young 39 years old, but clearly an impressive guy willing to do what it takes to make a name for himself. He even had an invite from Klopp to watch a coaching session at Liverpool.
It’s all very exciting, there could be an announcement as soon as today, but don’t be surprised if it runs across the weekend.
The Freddie press conference being cancelled yesterday would indicate something is going to be announced before the Everton game, but from the noise, it would seem unlikely Arteta will be in the dugout for that game.
There are some other favourable stories doing the rounds, the hottest one for me is that Granit Xhaka has told friends that he’s off in January. I couldn’t be more thrilled, Hertha Berlin is being earmarked as a go-to club for him, bottom 6, about his level. Great news there is Arteta must know about that, so I would imagine there have been discussions about replacing him, because we’re very light in midfield from a seniority level.
The bad Auba press keeps going as well, which makes me wonder if he’s trying to force his way out in January. He moved in January to us, so he’s not against that kind of thing, there are quite a lot of clubs in Europe that could do with his goals, so you never know. I would imagine Mikel will be doing all he can to keep his clinical edge in the side, at least until the summer.
See you in the comments, keep them crossed something happens today.
P.S. Flynn not part of the staff. Steve Round is.
CG, you seem too fixated on Raul and the other execs. Honestly you are hard to please. Get over it, your Lord is gone and he ain’t coming back.
You say Round isn’t good enough to be in the backroom staff. Haven’t you ever failed in an endeavour? You’ve been too repetitive just like the Jeff guy, and is boring!
It’s just being reported that a popular arsenal blogger was seen crying happily into a bottle while pissing at a wall down town. Reports confirm he was muttering the word ‘sauce’ continuously.
Success at this point for Arsenal will be getting rid of Xhakalson
There is a lot of work to do. Hopefully the fans are patient because we all know the love-in will be over after our first poor result.
Arteta looks confident and one must believe that having worked at City he’s had a bird’s eye view of what a successful club needs to do to be successful.
Hoping he’s absorbed some of Pep’s insight as well. I’m relatively happy with the hire. Honestly would have preferred Poch but we can’t afford to wait for him and he’ll certainly be waiting out jobs like Bayern etc.
Arteta looks confident and one must believe that having worked at City he’s had a bird’s eye view of what a successful club needs to do to be successful.”
*Arteta looks confident and one must believe that having worked at City he’s had a bird’s eye view of what a club needs to do to be successful.
“”Jose Mourinho has taken a sly dig at Arsenal’s decision to hire Mikel Arteta as their new head coach, saying clubs now think the best candidates are the ones with ‘zero defeats’ rather than ‘more victories.””
Ahhhh is someone bitter because they didn’t get the better job …
Good luck to Mr Mikel Arteta. Massive challenge ahead if him.
Thankfully for him, Emery has left the bar quite low so any incremental improvements should be recognisable early on.
My apprehension, like most, is our lack of quality. The quality needed to implement an affective style; whether it be high press or whatever.
Sooner we clear out the not so good players the absolute better.
Arteta apparently asked whether the club has drones to get a better view of training.
Somewhere Pedro’s penis just exploded.
Drones for training? Who is this nerd
Cesc, I do not disagree with your argument. However Kroenke has never invested a single penny in AFC and shows show no signs whatsoever that he any interest or passion for football. We are spread-sheet data.” That was when we were finishing in 4th by default. We were bringing in UCL money and weren’t splashing the cash to do it. Then Spurs and Liverpool got their act together and we fell out of top 4. Kroeke must realize you have to spend money to make money. There is ZERO point in owning Arsenal if we continue to falter. This isn’t… Read more »
Sooner we clear out the not so good players the absolute better.” Arteta has to evaluate who the bad players are from the good. A lot of these players played well for us in stages but since we have no discernable system it’s hard to tell whether said player is just bad or a poor fit for whatever it was UM was trying to do. The poor culture doesn’t help either. Arteta will need to fix that as well. We were absolutely playing way beneath our talent level under UM. Sure there is a handful of players that aren’t good… Read more »
Arteta was there when the rot gets to stage 5 so he knows where to apply the chemotherapy and get rid of the cancer of the club
as much as he could for now because we know the illness lies even deeper from within
“he will be allowed to have the final say on incomings and outgoings.”
I believe that Raul has lost a lot of trust in Josh’s book. He must have convinced Josh that Pepe is the next super star for Josh to approve the deal. All his deals in last TW didn’t turn out as hope. It is easier for Arteta now to have his say on the player personals.
“I don’t think we need a massive clear out.”
I couldn’t disagree more, Tits.
Half the club are currently forcing their way out of refusing to extend their contract. the rest are sub par or completely unfit for purpose.
Let’s not forget Elneny and Mikhi are still on our books…
We have been terribly run for a decade plus.
Marquinhos is supposedly up for sale. We should be right in there if so. Offer them a straight swap if it is true Aubameyang wants out.
Aubameyang for Marquinhos.
PSG will be interested as they have been looking around for a Cavani successor for ages.
The real sticking point will be if Marquinhos will want to drop down to us? Will Arteta have the pulling power as an unproven manager?
To add another twist in the tale, will Arteta’s appointment convince our contract rebels to extend? If it does, it bodes well that the players are buying into the idea.
Regardless what we think of Emery this is a damning statement about Ozil. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7815925/Ex-Arsenal-boss-Unai-Emery-claims-Mesut-Ozil-never-attributes-fit-style.html Mikel Saw last night Mikel had been announced. Let’s hope Mikel can live up to the hype. Met many who could talk the talk but very few could walk the walk. Good luck Mikel you are going to need it when dealing with the clique of petulant senior players, suits and Kroenkes. Man management processes take time to learn, master and and execute. This is where Arteta is going to win or fail. I have no doubt that Arteta has the footballing nous; it’s whether Arteta… Read more »
“Inside Mikel Arteta’s first day as Arsenal manager: Spaniard watches action alongside Per Mertesacker, asks if club has drones to capture training and steps into his ‘classy’ office (with his name tag already on the door)
Arsenal shared footage of Mikel Arteta’s first official day as their new manager
The 37-year-old watched action alongside former teammate Per Mertesacker
Arteta also questioned the analysis team over their use of cameras and drones
The Spaniard was given a tour of London Colney and conducted photo shoots
The new boss earlier laid down the law for the club’s under-performing players”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7815783/Mikel-Artetas-day-Arsenal-manager-Spaniard-watches-action-alongside-Mertesacker.html
Fuck. Love Arteta interview. He gets my full support.
Probably a good start with Jose bitching about Arteta’s appointment.
Obviously Jose thinks deep down that Arteta is a threat in there long term.
Can’t wait for the next NLD
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/jose-mourinho-aims-dig-arsenals-21138321
Match going fans should stand behind Arteta against any player opposing new culture. Boo lazy twats or even more… European style persuasion lol
Moureen can suck double dick now as a spud wanker.
@Leeds, would be very surprised if we landed Marquinhos but with Edu, who knows. Pretty sure he would cost the better part of 70-80 million euros, but then again his contract is up in 2022. Would PSG really sell?
https://youtu.be/OUA3ixJQthA
It’s early days but his first interview for me is even more impressive than the press conference.
I just hope he can do it.
Luke
PSG will sell if the deal is right. In my mind Marquinhos for Aubameyang is fair…
We perhaps should get David Luiz on the job selling the club to the player…
We need to sell our existing centrebacks though.
Mustafi £10m
Sokratis £5m
Mavropanos £5m
Supplement that with
Xhaka £20m
Özil £10m
That’s £50m without really affecting our team at all…
People going way overboard with the optics of the press conference and interview.
Lest wait for him to walk the talk, shall we.
How long will it take for Ozil to tantrum again when substituted?
Arsenal need to rebuild the coaching team to support Arteta.
I like the comments of Santi Cazorla who at 35 must be near the end of his playing career. I think that he would be a great future coach and building a team of former players who are 100% committed to the club would a big plus.
Indeed impressed with the interview. Yes it’s talk the talk but Emery wasn’t able to do even that. Would take time to walk it but if he could we should see movements in January when MA realises some of those players simply can’t engage in his ways of working I particularly like these words and the context in which they came up : Not negotiable Ruthless My way Win games Energy Do their jobs Culture [meaning there isn’t …] Has an idea but .. Fear [opposition coming over] Others don’t matter [Europe., titles aside] Players to execute what he wanted… Read more »
Dissenter, don’t be a misery. This time 18 months ago you were telling me I was a scum bag for critiquing the Emery press conference he did in pigeon English.
Oh my… just read Arteta wants drones… YES
Pedro is Alive.
Mourinho is pissed AFC overlooked him (and Ancellotti) and hired Arteta ☺️
Habesha, more so than ever.
waiting for new post from his still wet hands
Mourinho can’t resist a dig. You want to hate him for it buts it’s a likeable quality in a way, why say what you don’t really mean when you can say what you mean?
Not really bothered with all this press conference and interview praise, can’t wait for the Bournemouth game, see how we set up and the effort levels from the players.
Think we will be outfought by Everton today although I am going for a draw.
The lack of a left back for few months is really bad news
I have seen plenty of people in my life who are extraordinary big talkers.
Seeing the number of people here losing their minds over a bloody 15-minute interview, you can understand why bullshitting has become an art.
Very few have the ability to actually deliver on their words.
All we need is to do is win games at this stage now. Show some character.
He should have kept that nice suit for the press conference though…. I am with Marc and CG there.
yeah it has been schadenfreude fun watching him at United so let him vent a bit after that stint
man still have mad mic skillz tho
RH all the press conference speech isn’t going to matter much. If he gets the football right I wouldn’t care if he said as little as possible. and the left back situation is a wierd one for me because I feel more comfortable with saka there than I do kolasinac. That says a lot about kolasinac’s ability to defend when a left winger could probably defend better than him.
Rambo I once sat in for an interview, pretty high level stuff. Most of the panel were joining via video conference call so they needed support. Four candidates, three of whom were so well spoken, dressed the right was, eloquent and all. But it was a position for a Head of Commercial banking and they have never even headed a branch before. The fourth guys grammar was terrible, his suit was downright offensive, but he was managing a branch and his work spoke for itself. Few months later I saw he got the job. Saying all the right things is… Read more »
Habesha Saka at left back doesn’t fill me with optimism. Ljunberg might play that today but I will be surprised if Arteta plays him there.
Kid is very lightweight at the best of times, also gets caught on the ball which is normal for a kid, losing the ball willy nilly in that position won’t cut it
Loved the accountability and energy part though.
Glad he has noticed that for months now we have had a group of footballers who have simply not been doing their jobs.
You can talk about coaching all you want but when a player decides to phone it in there really isn’t much you can do.
We have conceded lots of goals in the past month where we outnumbered the opposition in our own box and somehow they still score, simply because no one took responsibility when it came to preventing a shot on goal
Actually fullbacks are the only position that muscular frames aren’t a requirement for me. It would be good if you had it like Walker but it is not a requirement. Look at Kolasinac he is built like a tank but has the awareness of a child. Both city’s first goals could have been prevented if he had more awareness and stayed with his man. And modern day fullbacks aren’t physical but have the energy. Dani alves, Marcelo, jordi alba have never been physically the strongest. but they are very intelligent.
It won’t matter if Arteta is the next best thing if he isn’t given the resources to compete. A lot of people on here are saying ‘get rid of so and so’ – fine, but are the Krankies going to spend any money? Let’s face it most of the players we need to be shot of are not going to generate much income. The Krankies only see Arsenal through the eyes of an American sports franchisee. No such thing as demotion as Tits eluded to. It’s the same in Australia, in fact in the AFL teams near the bottom often… Read more »
Should be horses for courses today against Ferguson’s Everton. The most important aspect of our play today is competing and winning the 2nd ball as that is what Ferguson’s game is all about. If we don’t compete we wont be able to play our football. Brave off the ball and more importantly brave in possession of the ball. The full back situation can be resolved today with a solid back 4. mustafi /chambers right back Sokratis /mavropanos Mustafi/ chambers centre back AMN left back . Possibly luiz as DM , to defend in front of Calvin Lewis who Everton will… Read more »
This is the character of Mourinho which pisses me off. Guy loves to take digs. He forgets he was once appointed as a manager when he was a novice with no defeat. And to think some wanted him as our gaffer. Maybe,just maybe ,he’s building momentum for the next NLD.
So even an interview upsets some of u. Smh.
‘Seeing the number of people here losing their minds over a bloody 15-minute interview, you can understand why bullshitting has become an art.’
All the corporates in the world hire fresh college grads based on interviews. An interview is often the most reliable way to get a sneak peak in to the character, ideas and attitude of the interviewee.
Still reading this Luis as DM bit?
Why? He has been horrible as a defender why will he improve in midfield? He will simply be further up the pitch to be bypassed more easily.
I guess Luiz as DM has little to do with his defending.
If you want him to defend against Calvert who happens to be a striker then play him in defense
Pierre
“The full back situation can be resolved today with a solid back 4.
mustafi /chambers right back
Sokratis /mavropanos
Mustafi/ chambers centre back
AMN left back .”
If that is as solid as it gets we are in real trouble!
Glad to have a new coach that brings new ideas and one that seemingly has all the sauce and recipe to succeed.
I want to see ‘small’ instant marginal changes. I need to start sensing that the sauce in the arsenal stew is changing by the Bournemouth game.
I’m not one to say give him the whole season to start making progress. We need to start feeling the Arteta effect immediately. Win, lose or draw, we can’t have players skiving on the pitch anymore.
100% behind Arteta! Optimistic about Arsenal again.
Also, Freddie sign out with a win today!
Everything the club does just annoys me right now. According to the club’s announcement on Arsenal.com, he is our new ‘head coach’. Then there’s a graphic showing our ‘permanent managers’ with him on it and still another pic with him listed as ‘Head Coach’.
Is it so hard to just call him the new manager? Or does that make our ‘Head of Football’ insecure? Corporate nonsense is killing this club.
The king is dead, long live the king!
I must admit I wasn’t enthralled with the idea of Arteta as manager, and I’m still apprehensive about his lack of experience, but after watching his press conference he seemed very focused on what he expects and wants.
Like Emery, Wenger, Rioch and Graham before him, he has my support. Everyone now needs to get behind him and hope he can take Arsenal back to the top.
But he should have the same scrutiny as his predecessors,as long as the board back him, there should be no excuses.
‘ All the corporates in the world hire fresh college grads based on interviews. An interview is often the most reliable way to get a sneak peak in to the character, ideas and attitude of the interviewee’ Irony in steroids Remember …[rubbing chin]… the last definitive manager was bashed over and over again for having a successful interview where he used a power point. Pedro Recall that you once attacked another successful material applicant for having a good interview power point presentation. Let’s wait and see, shall we. Please don’t go overboard. Don’t lose the clarity of vision that’s made… Read more »
Bad news ,Wife’s flight delayed 3 hours.Good news I can watch the game.
“All the corporates in the world hire fresh college grads based on interviews. An interview is often the most reliable way to get a sneak peak in to the character, ideas and attitude of the interviewee.”
Yeah sure mate, what Mikel Arteta had in front of the camera and the press conference was like a campus interview. I’m sure they give out premeditated questions in campus interviews
Under Emery I think we can all agree that absorbing what was being said was a complete waste if time( if you could actually decipher what was being said that is). Under Wenger, most us knew that what was being communicated was nothing more than rhetoric that didn’t ring true. You remember, ” desire, self belief, quality, values blah blah blah” All very boring and predictable. Arteta inspired me more in just a few minutes than anything that’s come out of Arsenal FC for the past 13 years. I know it’s just talk but, the thing is, it made perfect… Read more »
The club should have hastened his appointment so that he could take over before the Everton game. I]
The game feels like an amnesty game, like the last days of world war 1 when the generals knew there was going to be an armistice but still sent the poor saps to go die for no reason.
Ffs Dissenter, everything around the club is so negative, lets enjoy this for a few hours until we make Everton look like Barca.
It’s the first time in (10?) years we have had a relitavly united fanbase.
Anyway, Arteta has done what was required of him thus far in his new role and he’s done it well.
I just find the over-exuberant praising with sentiments like ‘Oh this guy is the real deal’, ‘I could tell from 1 interview this is what we have been missing for years’ etc etc fvcking cringeworthy.
RH “Still reading this Luis as DM bit?” under Ferguson, calvin lewis is who Everton feed off , either into his feet or the long high ball . Negating that area of their play will render them 50% ineffective as their game is all about winning the 2nd ball in and around calvin Lewis Luiz ( or chambers) sitting in front of calvin Lewis will cut out the service to him and take the pressure off our defence . Having that extra defensive player in the team also aids our defence at set pieces, which is an area that Everton… Read more »
Bang on Graham!
Between Wengers handbrake ramblings and Emerys gibberish we’ve been crying out for a straight talker.
I just hope the limitations of the club don’t hold him back, they absolutely need to support him or his ideas will count for nothing.
Top of the league then in relation to presentations.
I just hope his vision isn’t fused with naivety in regards what tools he has at his disposal at present at Arsenal in comparison from where he has directly come from.
I hope some street smart is also included in his vision as well.
As far as I can see at the moment the only thing wrong with the Arteta appointment is that it should have been completed over the last summer.
How the future pans out is going to be interesting to witness whether Arteta is going to be the villain or hero.
I’m hoping with every fibre of my being it’s going to turn out to be hero, but a part will of me will also be bracing myself for him being the villain.
The next 5 months should give us the answer.
Oops Calvert lewin…cant even blame predictive text on that one.
Luiz is not suitable for DM and I don’t know why he keeps being mentioned as such.
Slow, doesn’t like players running at him.
Also Chambers is also too slow as well to be really good defensively in at DM.
If they are put in as DM is only a temporary option and will not lead to them owning that position on the pitch.
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I guarantee that most of these “slow” players are sub 12.5 second 100m runners, probably quicker.
Luiz is a coaster and most of the time, needs a fudging kick up the backside. Whether Arteta can get him and a few others to show commitment and a passion to give it their all, remains to be seen.