The Deadwood Redemption

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Source: Big Dave on text

I’ve been in America too long, it’s true. I love nothing more than a rags to riches story. Or, more in the American tradition, I damn well love a riches to riches story. It was Robert Downey Jnr and Bieber a few years ago, now, the Netflix doco I need in my life is Mustafi: Falsch Verstanden, what a hero. He’s playing so well, I think I want him to stay.

Have I gone mad? Maybe, but performances don’t lie, and if he keeps this up, why wouldn’t you hang onto him, then give him a £350k p/w 3 year deal?

I’ve written for years that it’s been tough to judge the true quality of some of the players that have passed through the club. Arsene Wenger’s coaching skills dipped badly after 2010, but his eye for fantastic young players did not. Some flourished, others never hit the heights. You wonder what a smarter approach could have done with some of that raw material. One thing I’m sure of, our biggest sale would have been higher than £40m. Serge Gnabry, Chezzer, Nasri, Malen, and Yaya Sanogo… all deserved better.

Anyway, my rambling point is that after Wenger, we upgraded the thinking to a piece of soggy single-ply cardboard. Literally no one improved. Under the second average coach, as fans, instead of saying, ‘shit, these players have had a bad run of coaches how can we judge?’, we fucking massacred the lot of them. Do I feel bad about that? Absolutely not. We are the rabble, that’s what we do.

How times have changed, we’re now seeing what a great coach can do for confidence, team camaraderie, and performances. David Luiz and Mesut Ozil are back to playing like senior players that have won things. Granit Xhaka, a player I could not stand, looks really good wherever he’s played in the new setup. He seems fairly happy as well. He had this to say to The Standard. 

“Of course, I don’t lie. There was a moment [when I thought I wouldn’t play for Arsenal again], because it was not easy for me and my family. I hope people understand this,”

“But I think I showed my character. I am not a guy who runs away. I always say to the club: ‘When I [am] here, I am ready to give everything.’

‘It was like this always. I train very hard and that things turned around is the key. This [has given me] the most happiness.”

We do forget that these players are human, then we remember, so we dehumanise them because they are more wealthy than we will ever be… also, players forget that they are icons. His behaviour against Palace was terrible, his performances were really poor, it was a match made in mid-table hell. But hey, let’s moved onto something more productive, like ways the clubs could fix the issues. This from Xhaka.

“I think this is the biggest difference [between] Germany and England, because [here] we don’t have the [close] connection with the fans. In Germany, for example, you have open training sessions, the fans come and [talk to you], ask you why.

“Here, everything is closed. So, for me, it would be good this time to explain to the people what is not going good or bad. But it doesn’t matter now. Now we have to enjoy, that’s the most ­important.”

Imagine popping down to London Colney to ask Xhaka what the fuck he was thinking leaving the front post unmarked. Not sure how it would go down, but I’m willing to give it a go.

Regardless of who makes it or not, the truth is this: Arteta is making the deadwood better. If they maintain the form and some stay, great news. If we pump their value and land bigger fees this summer, absolutely incredible. One narrative we can’t let take grip is the ridiculous notion that Arteta might find himself hoodwinked by cunning squad members who are hiding their bad performances with… errr… good performances (yes, this is a real concern). This new stick to beat the regime with is about as insightful as the idea that Arteta was soft because he played under Wenger or that he’d implement boring football because he was a boring player.

Arteta was most impactful coach at the most technical footballing outfit the Premier League has ever seen. City won the league back to back with record points, their football was disgustingly good, their consistency was machine-like. You don’t make it at that level if you can’t assess talent. If he keeps players, it’s because they are good enough.

It’s going to be a big summer regardless. I think we’ll see at least 6 players leave. There will be an influx of talent in a lower age profile, and certainly, with a different athletic make-up. How big we go is very much dependent on the Champions League, which feels like a longshot right now. I also think qualification for the big trophy will determine who stays. Auba might get his £300k a week if we’re playing Barca in the group stages next year. We might hold onto Ozil if we’re with the elite. If we’re not, then the club has to work out where the priorities lie, adding, or keeping… one thing is for sure, we can’t maintain a £200m wage bill if we’re out of the big one another year.

One player that really would thrill me is the excellent Thomas Partey, he has a £43m release clause, but he’s in talks with Atleti to sign a new deal. I love the idea of this signing, he’s the perfect profile for our midfield, but I can’t help but think Arsenal are a great club to be linked to if you’re looking to edge up your offer. If you’re trying to make your girlfriend jealous, you don’t tell her Kerri Russel (Barca) was breaching your personal space at Blue Bottle Coffee, you tell her Loose Sandra (Arsenal) in accounts keeps liking your posts on Instagram… you gotta keep things realistic.

I also think there might be a big super-agent signing in the offing. I mean, there should be. The agent fees we racked up in January must surely be worth something. We’ll see though.

Right, that’s about all I have time for today, please jump into the podcast I recorded with Alex, it’s a great listen, I think it might be the best podcast in the world right now? Or not. You decide by listening right now.

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MidwestGun

Ohh ok Levan dovski.. Well this announcer has a bit of a brogue. Swear he says Lemon dowski.

Luteo Guenreira

Pique injury, didn’t look good at all.

MidwestGun

Un-
Sweet.. well mine is an Invincible throwback shirt as well.. But I had a friend get it signed by him when he was at Redbulls.

Redtruth

Like i said the Premier league is a joke…

Redtruth

Wenger was the worst manager in history at developing players…

MidwestGun

Well everything is a joke to you Red.. maybe your standards are too high? no?
But then again Ospina is your standard.. so never mind.

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Arsene wenger the gift that keeps giving..
Serge gnarby
Donyell malen
Bennecar

170m worth of talent he gave away.

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

I agree red

He had one success
Cesc.

H3 fucked up ashely Cole a life long arsenal fan.

He fucked up the jewel in the crown jack,

Add sczcney to the list to take over 200m that cunt gave away…
Tosser.

Major_Jeneral

Good post – Pedro.
And you and Alex really touched major issues in the podcast. Your best podcast yet.

That picture is from Shawshank Redemption movie. A nice movie that featured Morgan Freeman in it.

Receding Hairline

Pedro didn’t know you cared about stuff like stuff won and pedigree

You were the fellow who declared a three time European cup winner garbage on your blog but think home wins against Newcastle and Everton are “levels we don’t know exist”

Drama Queen’s indeed …they are just following in your footsteps

Pierre

Chelsea gave Bayern way too much respect, sat off them from the first minute and got what they deserved …a good hammering.

19 year old Bayern left back Davies is total quality.

The least said about Gnabry the better.

Pierre

Receding doing his best Bamford impression.

Northbanker

What ridiculous comments on Wenger

He may have declined but utter shit to say a guy who transformed Arsenal had only one success and couldn’t develop players
You two -red and rsvp are obviously straight out of kindergarten

So Henry, Vieira, Petit, Anelka, Van Persie, Lauren, Toure, etc etc?????

Your stupidity is unparalleled

Pierre

Pedro
There will be some serious money floating around this summer .

United will go in for grealish to play alongside Bruno Fernandes( who looks quality) .

Chelsea will be looking for a top striker and will spend big, I can’t see frank settling for just fighting for top 4 .

Who knows with Arsenal , midfield is the area we should be looking at seriously…Arteta is similar to Frank , he will want to build a team that challenges for the title.

Bamford10

Pedro

“Worst season in 30 years,” and yet Arteta is only doing a sliver better. Indeed, until yesterday, he wasn’t doing any better.

Marko

Wenger, 3 Premier League titles and an invincible manager, was the worst developer of players in history. You guys are such drama queens.

Oh how the times have changed.

Bamford10

Sorry, I meant Sunday.

Pierre

Pedro
“Pierre, it’s quite incredible that anyone would go to bat for Emery now.”

It smacks of desperation…

A wasted 18 months.

Ishola70

Chelsea were pathetic.

Let’s not hear about the strength of the EPL.

Pierre

Oh oh, here he is…

I can see it now, we go 20 games unbeaten and Bamford and Receding will be reminding us that Emery went 22 games unbeaten.

It will be the last desperate attempt by them to prove that Emery is doing better than Arteta.

Pierre

Ishola
“Let’s not hear about the strength of the EPL.”

English teams dominated Europe totally last season in both competitions.

Come back in 3 months time and we will see who are competing in the 2 European finals.

Graham62

Bayern were superb, irrespective of Chelski’s failings.

Based on what I saw tonight, it will take a very good team to stop Bayern in the CL.

Bamford10

Ishola I think it’s a little more complicated than that. One, that’s the first place team in the Bundesliga versus the 4th place team in the PL. Two, Chelsea are a wobbly and inconsistent 4th place team at that, one that is six points behind 3rd place Leicester City and 13 points behind 2nd place Man City. Three, whatever you think of Chelsea, they outshot Arsenal 13 to 7 at the Emirates and 19 to 2 at Stamford Bridge. They may be weaker than this or that Chelsea team of the past, but they’re still a lot better than this… Read more »

Receding Hairline

Yea the Europa league is pony yet we have been in it for how long now without winning it. I’m not going to bat for anyone, just pointing out you gave up the right to call anyone a drama queen after calling a coach with ten career trophies and two first time promotions garbage. One of those promotions came after being made coach from player. He didn’t get to sit besides one of the greatest managers in history, he was thrown in at the deep end and swam to be the man he is today. I will keep pulling you… Read more »

Redtruth

Pierre
“Come back in 3 months time and we will see who are competing in the 2 European finals.”

It’s a shame you don’t apply the same criteria to Arteta’s management instead of jumping to conclusions.

Valentin

Pierre,

If you were Grealish, assuming that OGS is still in charge and Villa is relegated would you join ManUtd?
I would not. Right now, even with Champion’s League football they are not so attractive anymore.
In fact with Mourinho in charge of Spurs going to explode within a year, Chelsea with potentially Abramovitch wanting away and Lampard exposing his limits, I would say that both Leicester and Arsenal would look to offer better prospect career wise.
Of course money talk, but clever players/good agents choose long term benefit over short term gain.

Champagne Charlie

Christ look at that, the E-word gets dropped and the acolytes assemble.

Luteo Guenreira

Guys I think I’ve figured it out. Hamford refuses to acknowledge that proper leadership can make a difference because he has never made a positive impact on single student’s life. It’s all solely on the ability of the student or the player, nothing else. Saying proper management of talent or of a youth can make any kind of difference would be admitting what a shitty teacher he is.

Ironically enough though all that is unnecessary. We can tell you’re a shitty teacher just by the way you write.

Bamford10

Ahh, Luteo, it’s always such a pleasure to read your stuff. Your obsession with me is a little weird, though. Seriously.

Valentin

Some people are like dog with a bone who refuse to let it go even when all that is left is rot and uselessness.
You have to admire that persistence. Shame that for some, Emery the object of their attention/dedication/puppy live is not worth it.

Luteo Guenreira

Lol if I’m obsessed with you, you must be wearing Emery’s ass for a hat as we speak.

Pierre

Valentin
United will offer Grealish fortunes.

United have just brought in Fernandes who could transform their season, and will probably spend another fortune in the summer.

Grealish could well choose united with or without OGS…

Luteo Guenreira

Bamford

Tell me seriously then. Supposing that you can (allegedly) make a difference in the ability of a student’s ability to learn compared to another even shittier teacher, why is it so hard for you to apply that same phenomenon to football and Emery/Arteta?

It’s got nothing to do with someone’s desire to learn? The only thing that matters is the final grade or the place in the table?

Actually don’t answer, I can already imagine what kind of dumbass response that I couldn’t bother to read you’d give.

Valentin

Luteo

🤣👏

Sometimes I worry for his students.
If his teaching skills are on par with his football debating skills on show here.

Valentin

I am not worried that ManUtd will spend lots of money as long as OGS is in charge, let them continue squandered an insane amount of money on mediocre overpriced players or players unsuited to OGS style.

However I am worried that OGS would be replaced by Pochettino. He would give them structure, organisation and direction.

Leedsgunner

Obviously the final decision is Arteta’s but if it was up to me the players I’d definitely sell in the summer are

Elneny (£10m)
Mkhitaryan (£15m)
Mavropanos (£2m)
Mustafi (£18m)
Kolasinac (£10m)
Macey (£1m)
Jordi Osei Tutu (£3m)
Ben Sheaf (£2m)
Ainsley Maitland-Niles (£20m]

We need to back the manager in the summer but selling the above would give the head coach a nice starter to fire up his transfer war chest.

Redtruth

Peak Wenger never came close to winning the Champions league.
Peak Wenger can thank Bergkamp for winning 3 league titles….

Jamie

Allegri to Utd. Poch to PSG – he’ll want the first trophies of his managerial career even if they’re gimmes.

Put your milk money on that and you won’t be too far away. I mean, neither could happen but still it’ll be 87% accurate.

MidwestGun

Damn Receding.. what happened to that happy go lucky dude who just got married and was living and loving life?.. not worried about what anyone said on here including Un. Used to love reading your repartee with Un. Lately it’s just been all bitter posts about Emery’s legacy and people disparaging it. He was rubbish for us this season to the point he had to be released. doesn’t matter what he did previous clubs or previous season. I feel the same way about Mourinho .. I happen to think he is rubbish as well….and he has won a lot more… Read more »

Redtruth

I crediting Keown for getting us in the 2006 Final…

Champagne Charlie

“I say this not to criticize Arteta, who I rate, like and respect. I say this because I believe certain people here have been immensely unfair to the previous manager and because I believe the real problem at Arsenal this season was and is player quality, not the previous manager.“

Are you genuinely so daft to dismiss their relative circumstances for taking charge of this team?

One had 18 months worth of work and transfers, the other had no influence on squad composition and no time.

Amazing how dishonest you can be with your assessments.

Bamford10

Pedro

Did you delete my comment?

RockyRoe

Leeds Nice list there, tho gh we might get a bit more for mavp since he seems to be doing well on loan, we might also get a tad more for kola, if he gets back from injury in time. We will get a little less for amn, but I agree this will fetch rough 80 million. Add 30 million to that and we should have 2 decent mids and a backup lb ( saka woulnt want to play there if he signs an extention). With cebellos going back, he would have a net gain on 1 midfielder, unless, the… Read more »

Luteo Guenreira

Hamford

You’ve predictably missed the point entirely.

By your stance you would never acknowledge the potential of a child with less scholastic ability the possibility of achieving more than what you’ve assessed they are capable of, especially compared to another student who you think is smarter or more studious.

That’s how you talk of our players. It’s a ridiculous stance to take in my opinion, especially from someone whose profession puts him in this very scenario, albeit in a different medium, with far more impressionable subjects. It’s really a pathetic POV from a teacher. .

Luteo Guenreira

Don’t worry princess, I read your precious post before it got ethered.

Bamford10

Pedro

Could you at least quote-paste the first part of my comment? I was trying to answer Luteo’s question, and I said nothing that should have fallen afoul of the censors. Indeed, I fail to see how any part of my comment fell afoul of the censors. Care to explain?

Bamford10

Whatever you say, Pete.

French Giroud

Deleting comments? 🤒

Zacharse

Who is marc cucurella??? He’s on barca?

Zacharse

BUH BYE UNAI

Guns of SF

Huh what is going on

Guns of SF

This Marc c fella seems the deal
Getafe is doing well…. weird joint ownership of the player by both teams
Weird

Emiratesstroller

I want to discuss the current situation of our Centre Backs, which has been frankly a long term problem at the club. We have on our books at the moment EIGHT players in the squad namely: MUSTAFI LUIZ SOKRATIS MARI [on loan with option to buy] HOLDING CHAMBERS SALIBA [out on loan] MAVROPANOS [out on loan] None of these players are in my view top quality and the rumour is that we are still in the market for at least one new CB. The first question to be asked is how many CBs do we actually need on our books?… Read more »

Guns of SF

Mari needs game time to see if we buy or not, I want to see him against prem opponents to really gauge him

What about kola? Free money there

Soaress also another who needs to prove fitness as well or sell….

I’m also about selling bell if he cannot make the grade. He has sell on value still

I think the club will want to get a cb and fb. Move Saka back to winger

Guns of SF

Amn will be sold pretty sure of that

Emiratesstroller

When you look at most other major clubs they have on their books four or at
most five CBs. We have accumulated so much dross that our situation has become ridiculous and overloaded with players in that position costing us a
lot of money in wages.

Ideally Arsenal need two players covering each position on the pitch plus
an additional goalkeeper and maybe a couple of utility players.

Guns of SF

I don’t really see chambers or holding at the club long term

Both have major knee injuries to recover from as well

Upemecano saliba mari luiz and another possibly to hold down cb

Leedsgunner

When is Tierney due back? Has Arteta said anything?

reality check

Funny pedro wasn’t deleting comments when fans wanted to move on with emery and forget about wenger. Yet he allowed the “akbs” to continually rehash old wenger defences to bash emery with. All this BEFORE emery began to fail. Embarrassing.

Zacharse

Reality

Sounds like he learned his lesson, also, there was at least an argument there. There is absolutely nothing to defend about emery. Easy to see in retrospect why his first season went as well as it did. The squad had a new manager for the first time in 20 years and was free of a senile legend. Then look whatbhappened when things got tough. not rocket surgery

Guns of SF

Emery simply lost the players
A combination of factors
His strategic confusions
Over trainings
Etc

Zacharse

Emirates /Sf I dont know the payroll situation. But im gonna assume luiz is on the most of all the cb’s in the squad. He should be kept for another 2-3. He’s learning from arteta, he’s a big presence. You need that thats a positive dude. Sok is probably next. He should go. He wont be difficult to sell. Mustafi i could see staying another season. Also I could see him wanting to get the fuck out of london if a champions league team goes in for him. Im not sold arteta would sell him no matter what. Saliba, chambers… Read more »

Zacharse

Guns
I think it was more than losing the players. You dont lose the players when youre getting good results. i remember more than a few VERY unconvincing wins. You gotta assume thebplayers werent feeling too different about it. Then look what happened when the luck went

Guns of SF

Emery had no offensive plans. Too pragmatic too confusing in the end and these losses only exacerbated his paranoia and neurotic. Coaching

Put in his lack of connection with the players and fans too

He became the mean dumb coach and players began to feel it…. he could not lift them when the luck ran out as you say

Arteta connects much better with the fans and players emery alienated

Zacharse

It sure looks like arteta is the real deal. Exactly the kind of guy to carry om from wenger. Where are man u with their rebuilding?

Zacharse

Hopefully this chelsea slide keeps going. We need to win the next 4 games in really brutal fashion.

Receding Hairline

Midwest its your comprehension that has issues not me. There is no bitter defense of Emery. Pedro went overboard in his criticism, it was a personal vendetta. He rewrote history just to make a point. I personally cannot stand a man trying to do an honest job insulted and his achievements belittled, I don’t condone it in real life and will continue to not do so. That some of you fail to see that is up to you. I am not here to make friends or form a clique. We are seeing the exact same things we saw early Emery,… Read more »

Emiratesstroller

RT You are a village idiot. Part of your problem is that you do not actually read what people post. First of all I made it crystal clear in Emery’s first season at the club that whilst I had serious reservations about his management he should be given time to prove himself. However, it became abundantly clear this season that the club was on downward spiral under his management and many of the players lacked confidence under him. Second I have made the case that Arsenal should not recruit this summer more than two or three new players. However, our… Read more »

Emiratesstroller

When I discussed earlier the Centre Back situation at club I included in the equation two Centre Backs who are currently out on loan.

With both Smith-Rowe and Saliba expected to return this summer there is only a need to recruit more than three new players if the club is forced to sell one or more of our players such as Aubameyang who has sofar declined to sign a new contract.

For the record I am not advocating any material change in our forward options.

Receding Hairline

Emirates this whole no more than two to three players thing is a Wenger thing some of you continue to recite as gospel. Conte brought in a trailer load of players at Inter and they aren’t looking bad are they The coach should make changes to his squad as he seems fit and the market dictates, if we get good offers for five to six players in the squad which will help us upgrade then so be it. I say upgrade as I don’t see the point of bringing in players like Cedric. Don’t wanna talk about Mari yet, all… Read more »

Habesha Gooner

For the record Even if we have players in numbers we should upgrade in quality. Because it has been proven over three years some of these players aren’t adequate.
If it were me I would sign A CB ( depends on Mari) , A decent LB, A DM to compete with torriera, A starting CM, A starting CAM and a LW to compete with Saka if auba leaves. sell Mustafi, Xhaka, Ozil, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Miki, Elneny. We definitely need upgrades in those positions.

Zacharse

receding

we’re not seeing the same thing we saw w emery. reason being, emery had a full preseason and got to use all the bounce that came from arsenal finally getting a new manager after the toxic last wenger years. pretty straightforward

Emiratesstroller

RH

I would remind you that we made wholesale changes to our squad in last two
transfer windows.

The club has for example 5 new forwards this season in Pepe, Martinelli, Saka,
Nelson and Nketiah. So I see absolutely no case for replacements there unless
Aubameyang or Lacazette leave.

Second whilst I am not convinced about the quality of our midfield or its productivity I have not advocated this season more than one change in that
department. We need a player who is not only creative but productive as well
with assists and goals.

Receding Hairline

Zacharsse new manager bounce you say? Well newsflash we have a new manager now. Don’t try to sound clever and then say something like that. We finished two points off third and got to a cup final off a new manager bounce you say but its different now because? Again we have a new manager

Receding Hairline

Emirates where I differ from you is that I don’t believe Nelson and Nketiah have done enough to play for Arsenal. Even Martinelli is now showing what you get from youth, inconsistency.

Some of you really have to decide what you want from AFC…true competitiveness or just the pretense of it

Zacharse

RH

you don’t think there’s a difference when a manager who’s been at a club for 20 years, and the last few of those years divided the fanbase, cleared the stadium made evertything toxic etc. finally leaves and one who couldn’t hold on for two full seasons leaves? shit man, new manager bounce is an intangible, it isn’t evenly applied for everyone, and no MA did not get a new manager bounce if you’re memory can go back that far…

Zacharse

if MA had gotten a new manager bounce we’d have between 7-10 more points on the table

Valentin

I would rather have a slow steady gradual improvement in performances and results than a dead cat manager bounce reverting later on to mediocrity.
As some of us predicted, we had the second with Emery. The problem is that many confused the bounce which was the outlier with the general trend.

Emiratesstroller

Zacharse This would be my squad for next season GK Leno Martinez [Macey to be replaced by Academy GK ] CB Luiz Saliba + 2 others [+ 1 New CB] RB Bellerin Soares LB Tierney Saka [ 1 new LB if Saka plays on LW] DMF Torreira Xhaka CMF Guendouzi Willock [1 new CMF] AMF Ozil Smith-Rowe RW Pepe Nelson LW Martinelli Saka CF Aubameyang Lacazette Nketiah Total 25 + 1 Academy GK Departures: CB Mustafi, Sokratis,Mavropanos + 1 other LB Kolasinac DMF Elneny CMF Ceballos [end of loan], Maitland-Niles AMF Mkhitaryan I don’t expect Xhaka or Ozil to leave… Read more »

Bob N16

ES, interesting reading but I’m left confused by your midfield for next season. You have written on many occasions that it was ‘ not fit for purpose’, yet you suggest only one addition.

I hope you’re wrong and we see a couple of more dynamic additions. Arteta has found a way of using Xhaka that doesn’t expose his lack of speed but I’d much rather have a player who can impose his physicality on the opposition and has recovery speed.

CazOnARola

Emirates,
What you posted is likely to happen.
Aubameyang will leave though, so I’m not sure if the idea is to replace him with a new young striker or just rely on Martinelli ‘s versatility.

Ozil might leave as he was close to joining Qatar and he is in the final year of his contract. So we may sign an AMF.

Emiratesstroller

Bob N16

As I posted earlier Rome is not built in a day. Arsenal are going to spend a
realistic amount of money in transfer window.

Ceballos is likely to leave and will be replaced, but otherwise I think our midfield will not change dramatically.

Earlier in season I would have expected Xhaka to leave following issue against
CP, but clearly he has been reinstated under Arteta. I am not a fan of Guendouzi, but I don’t think he will leave and somehow I think Ozil will see
out his finally year of contract.

James wood

Arsenal to set up a testimonial for former
manager Arsene Wenger and Santi Carzola
against Villarreal.

Very convenient for Arsene as I’m sure without
Santi’s involvement the turn out might be a bit
Spread.

Graham62

“New manager bounce”.

Discuss.

My opinion.

No comparison.

Arteta took over a dysfunctional and demotivated set of players who couldn’t take it anymore.

First it was Wengerland and then Emeryville.

What Arteta has achieved to date is beyond my expectations, based on the double shitfest he inherited.

Pierre

Graham Arteta is true to his word. He said he needed to address our home form and that is exactly what he has done. After a run of 7 games at home in which we Lost 4 Drawn 3 Won 0 In our last 5 home games Won 4 Drawn 1 Lost 0 Taking into account that we are unbeaten away since November (too many draws) it becomes clear that we are becoming a very difficult side to beat. It is not perfect by any means and I believe he is still searching for the right balance in the team.… Read more »