What sort of a week am I having? Well, I hadn’t eaten all day yesterday because I was under some extreme pressure at work. At about 8pm I thought, you know what, I’ll treat myself to something exciting. I ordered a really shameful local burger thing… I was excited. It was basically a FUCK YOU HEART burger monstrosity only America can nail. Jeff was delivering to me. I tracked him all the way. Walked out to greet him like a fat kid greets the Ice Cream van. I could not see Jeff. I called. The address was right. He was in Miami. The same exact address. Except he was in Oklahoma. There’s a Miami in Oklahoma? Are you fucking kidding me? A $100billion app can’t say ‘DON’T CLICK YES TO THIS IT IS WRONG.’ No good times for me last night. I ate a pot of ice cubes instead.
Arsenal feels a little like that at the moment. We clicked ‘YES PLEASE’ to the delivery of progressive football to The Arsenal, but the guy who welcomed us at the door didn’t come with the right ingredients, and it’s unclear if his home chef-ing transfers into the restaurant game
I’m being harsh there of course, but not really. Currently, Arsenal is living off the joy fumes of a trophy that outside the main prize (Champions League football), is a fucking waste of ‘sitting on my arse’ time. The Premier League has been grim all year. The games we’ve won, outside United, have been very drossy. When the drossy football looked like a strategy, I could accept it, but increasingly, it just looks like we’ve been getting lucky in football purgatory. Even the United game, which was our best performance, was won by a penalty… and the manager said we played better against Spurs when we were cleanly taught a Jose lesson.
Well, it’s time for Arteta to show something new. We can’t perform badly all year and tomorrow, a home game against a pretty bad Burnley side, is where he has to do some catching up. I keep on saying it, but, we need a performance.
How he gets there, I’m not sure. Even the Dundalk game was quite a way off ‘performance’ levels and they were a pub team. Arteta needs to work out what his basics are again, because we’ve gone on a bit of a wild ride as to what he’s looking for. It’s generally the sign of a young manager, that when a crisis hits, you try 10 things instead of focusing on one. Different tactics, players, in game strategies… it’s a mess.
The shift from 11 at the back, to something more interesting, has been a painful journey. The top-level overview is this squad can shithouse 1-0s when we are ultra-cautious and in form, but when the senior players dip, that’s not possible.
Also, it’s not possible to shift up to an attacking offering when the senior players are giving us 70%. We have no creative outlets and by going for something sexier, we open ourselves up like the bad old days.
So the mega challenge is this: How does Arteta give some attacking juice to a depressed team without completely botching the defensive principles?
Now, we’ve all seen the Vinnai V Interview with Henry Winter in The Times.
‘You’ve got a guy who is absolutely driven to succeed and be successful on the pitch, but doing it in a way that respects our history and traditions. So I think with him we have got a really, really powerful individual.’
Vinnai speaks like the Deloitte consultant he was, but it’s clear, they are backing him because they can’t not do that right now.
This interview, for me, gives cover for Mikel to reconsider how he tackles this season. If the fans are told the manager is going nowhere and the manager tells the fans he’s going to do something different that speaks to the betterment of Arsenal over the long-term, then you have yourself a platform to build, which gives you time.
Arteta obviously can’t put out 11 kids against a very rough and experienced Burnley side. But he can restart the process of rewarding good performances with games. He should start prioritising his future vision for Arsenal by giving players minutes who fit the system, even if that fit is far from perfect… because the alternative, which has been to put unsuitable senior players, who can’t be arsed, into a system they don’t like, has us 15th.
Jurgen Klopp said a good gegenpress is better than a good #10. The whole idea of pressing, which originated in basketball (I think) as a full court press, is the notion that aggression and relentless closing down of opposition can overpower technique and talent if you do it well enough. Well, what has our system lacked with the seniors at 70%? Pressing. What do young kids that want careers do? Run. Do what they are told. Never stop.
Despite Arteta claiming otherwise, there are certain players that are likely undroppable. Leno, Gabriel, Tierney, Saka, and Auba. You have to play Auba out of his funk because his form will return. The rest of the positions are up for grabs.
What do the stats say? Well, Mo Elneny is the most efficient midfielder in the league for line breaking passes. He’s also the player with the best ball retention under pressure in the league (players with over 450mins). I don’t care that he’s not perfection, in the system we need to play, he has legs, he does the basics right, we are better with him in the side.
AMN isn’t perfect, but he is young, he has a lot of talent, and he has the athletic profile we need in our midfield. Arteta needs to coach him. Give him a very specific role and tell him to activate against it with all his concentration. A base of midfield with those two gives you a strong platform to build from. You have energy, doggedness, and some pretty decent locomotion. There’s no room for Xhaka, I’m sorry, but regardless of his passing numbers, the eye test fails every single time. His balls into the final third mean very little because we create nothing. His passing is accurate because he is painfully slow at releasing. He is seen as a tactical weakness by other managers because he’s slow. We have to let him drop into right back to protect him from pressure. This madness cannot go on.
How we build ahead of the midfield base is debatable and we’ve got nowhere near an answer this season. For me, it’s Auba on the left. He refuses to press through the middle and he gets eaten alive when he’s asked to hold the ball up. If he plays left, Reiss takes up the right, and you go with Eddie through the middle to set the tempo, you might be in interesting shape. Then the big move… who do you put in that hole? Do you opt to give Saka a go in that position because of his pace and potential ability through the middle? Or do you give Lacazette a run there? I would be inclined to try Saka as a roaming 10 because he is good defensively, and he can stretch teams with his pace. Maybe it’s not a ten and he’s a left sided 8 with AMN taking on the right.
It’s clear I’m not a coach, but I think we really need to start moving in a direction that is about the future, not one that is focused on reengineering the past. Arteta was asked about whether youth was key to his plans. He said this:
“When I feel it is the right moment to do that, I have to bring the players that I have the feeling — or we have the feeling as a coaching staff — that have the best chance for us to win the game,” he said. “So [the answer] has to be a yes.”
That feels like the PC way of saying ‘my senior players aren’t it, right?’
Key point though:
“What I can tell you is that the team will be prepared to battle with a real desire, because we know how important that game [against Burnley] is going to be for us.”
The battle hasn’t been there over the last month. The biggest shift in attitude under Arteta was the fighting spirit. The football might have been pony, but the nasty streak we had, and leaving it all on the battlefield was a joyous spectacle. Mikel needs to get the team back to that. The shortcut to that is to play the guys you don’t need to rally. Play the people who have a future invested in being great at football now. Stop giving game time to the players more interested in planning retirement to Miami, Oklahoma.
So once again I’ll end a post with… over to you Mikel, good luck.
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Snow kid but arteta played under wenger and watched enery’s arsenal and appears to be completely oblivious to some of the most obvious issues. I’m expecting the worst
Bring back 3mery
We sack arteta and the next manager is going to come in and want to get a feel for his squad. Senior players will get first pick and we’ll still be watching Xhaka Ozil Bellerin Laca and Willian in and around the first team. I’d be shocked if the next manager comes in on day 1 already having decided to cunt them off as we hope. And thus the never ending cycle continues ______ Yep and that’s what so depressing about the whole situation and why I wanted Arteta to be better. He had actually seen these players while at… Read more »
I forgot to add “unlocking defences” to the many things Xhaka is. How silly of me…
China1
Fuck you man 😂😂
Xhaka makes me want to take a break, I can’t take it.
Raptura
I haven’t spotted that guy for a while. Long may it continue
Kaz it’s written to be funny but I actually 100% see this happening. I laugh only because if I don’t I’ll cry
How Arteta is still in a job is beyond me.
Edu clearly has not done his homework. There is no contingency plan for Arteta
Fire Edu too.
He should be coming out in the press and defending his man. His lack of speaking makes people fill in the blanks…. he seems like a clueless coward.
I think Arteta holds way more power than we think….
How to get rid of this POS is beyond me….
Anyone got an airplane banner ready?
“Many have questioned why £28m man William Saliba hasn’t been used in the first team this season and when speaking to a source inside the club, football.london was told that the Frenchman “was an Emery signing”, in reference to Arteta’s predecessor. That certainly rings true when you assess the players who have been exiled or sent out on loan. ” Terrible if true, just terrible, what a cunt. He’s already better than any of our CBs bar Gabriel, bedding him in slowly is understandable since he’s young and he’s been going through a lot lately in his private life but… Read more »
Kaz,
We were supposed to shut up and support the team. Give Arteta time and patience and he will transform us. We were the problem. Apparently it’s all on the fans. Heard it here first.
Henry’s arrival at Monaco was greeted with mixed reactions by some media outlets, due to his relative inexperience as a top-level coach and the task of overturning Monaco’s misfortunes. Despite inheriting a squad of sub-standard quality,[133] Henry expressed a desire of replicating the football he played under Pep Guardiola at Barcelona, as well as instilling the “professionalism” taught to him by Arsène Wenger. On 24 January, Henry was dismissed at Monaco. The club were 19th at the time of his departure, and Henry left with a record of 4 wins, 5 draws, and 11 defeats, from 20 games in charge.… Read more »
China
Yeah I had a good laugh at it, but if it happens, I’m going back to watching Inter like I used to when I was a kid.
Fuck that guy.
😂😂😂
Raptura,
He’s a C all right 😂
how is Arteta still here????
He must have some dirt on Edu or Josh K or Stan….
What does he need to do to be removed?
pedro mate you’ve stopped talking about xG recently!
Sorry man, I love you and all, but bants needs to happen or else we’re going to lose our minds
Last player who got grabbed someone around the neck was shunted out the club by Arteta
Last player to get a redcard was basically called a dickhead on television by Arteta.
But when Xhaka does it? A blowjob and a contract extension.
Last player who grabbed someone*
Snow kid but arteta played under wenger and watched enery’s arsenal and appears to be completely oblivious to some of the most obvious issues. I’m expecting the worst
China
Thats because arteta is an absolute shit manager.
I think you’re right, Valentin, and that would be the wisest course for him. I wasn’t totally serious, a bit of a wind-up, but I can imagine Kroenke thinking along those lines. But the point is, what do people who know nothing about football do in this situation? Who do they turn to? It’s such a weird situation.
this manager is a joke.
And lets not talk about the banter years during arteta’s playing days at arsenal. Less spoken of how terrible he was for us probably the better.
We dont lose 8-2 to man u and arteta never comes. Part of that dreadful trolley dash by wenger
Where is Edu? Hiding out?
Speaks volumes he does not give interviews… not defend his “man”
I wonder whats up
China
XG died the day Emery was fired.
Edu was all for talking to the media when we signed players
Put himself front and center for those pics and interviews. The silence is deafening. But tbf what is he supported to say when he’s only mikel’s partner and not superior? Edu is as close to the sack as arteta is, he’s in no position of strength in this
Tomorrow Pedro will write a post of about how Arteta is wrong to use the players that have let two managers down.
On Tuesday, the post will be how Arteta can change things around
On Wednesday, it would be about our a chance for Arteta to show he’s learnt and try something new against Southampton.
RIP xG
You were annoying for a full 18 months, but at least you’re in a better place now. Don’t wanna even know what our xG looks like now. Some things are better left dead
Azed
Yup 👍🏾👌🏾👌🏾
No idea why there are still people trying to stay loyal to Arteta. Arteta is a not a special player or personality in Arsenal’s history. He’s not DB10, TH14, PV4, he ain’t Cesc, he ain’t even a Gilberto, a RvP, or a Giroud. He is a player who had his best years in Everton and even then he never ever got capped by Spain. His Arsenal contribution is lower than Ramsey, Alexis, Cazorla. He was an above average player who was never brilliant or considered an Arsenal legend or even an Arsenal star. Why people feel like he’s one of… Read more »
Arteta must play the premier League team in the Europa and see if they win a game there.
Go on arteta, I dare you.
If he’s not sacked this week then there needs to be a plane over the midweek game. ‘Thanks for the FA Cup but it’s time to say goodbye’ LOL
Missed Opportunities FC
Mismanaged FC
Raptora
Arsenal fans have this weird loyalty to managers vs the club
Rather see a manager retained no matter how detrimental it is to the club. Wenger was a prime example. At least 10 years past his best before date but fans were too loyal.
Arteta means nothing to this club. Sack him. Hes terrible
Anonymous he will do that now we’re in the knockout stages if he’s not sacked first (surely will be). When we come up against some of the amazing second round teams like Young Boys FC he will lose his nerve and start picking the ‘first 11’ <- I prefer this term to his ‘strongest team’
When a manager keeps trotting out the same lineup and getting the same negative results and then persists with it, thats when you know that the Manager is not qualified to be a manager. Im no longer actually sure what Arteta actually is because I honestly do not believe that even he knows what he is? You can be as patient as patient gets, but what I am now witnessing is clearly someone who has no real clue as to what they are doing. Arteta has a lot of players to choose from, but yet inexplicably keeps choosing the same… Read more »
Trust The Process FC
Trust it lads, it might look bad but there’s a plan here.
Raptura
It’s because he’s a very good looking man.
Subconsciously people are more accepting and accommodating they don’t even realise.
Add in that he speaks well and they’ve literally just been charmed by him.
That’s all it is.
Put Emery’s ugly mug and squeeky stuttering voice on and suddenly fans get angry and fast.
A lot of fans want him out though, it’s just taken a bit longer.
Kaz,
I actually agree. Good looks and smooth talking can get you far regardless of your actual skills in a job. Arteta being a prime example.
Edu and Arteta
Team- GQ
Team- no sporting IQ
We’ve lost 3 consecutive league games and lost 7 out of 10.league games.
Jesus woke up to a miserable result.
I thought last week after the Derbyshire, arteta was just protecting the players but now I know full well that he believed what he was saying, when he stated the players played well.
Never liked him as a player and now I’m starting roto dislike him as a manager.
The whole club is a mess. Who fired the scouting department, like wtf, who’s going to recommend players now?? It’s sad being an arsenal supporter these days.
Whoever pushed out Cagigao and our scouts has to be sacked too.
Just watched the South Hampton HL Arsenal is just so fucked when they play them on Wednesday. One long pass from Vestergaard to Walcott and he scores against his former club. Revenge is best dished out cold.
Losing at home to the 18th in the League, who had 5:18 goal difference must be one of our most shocking results in god knows how long. In current form we shouldn’t think we’d be favourites against any team in the league, as even Sheffield It’s deserved to get something in their visit at the Emirates.
This management team shows how out of touch they are with the fans.
Arteta is the face of management as well it seems.
At least in shitty wenger days, Gazidis would come out and say something. Total BS but Edu just sits….
Kroenkes are silent per usual
Are the fans going to just let Arteta take us down into oblivion?
I think the fans should voice their opinions, not show up anymore to matches.
Not worth the risk anyhow
9 points on the line for the next 3 games, can’t see a win in any of them.
To think those poor fucker arsenal fans who paid a small fortune to risk getting covid only to watch this shit show. What a disaster Stop adding around and just sack the guy today. It’s not like we have anything to lose from it, we already are awful and can’t buy a result. So you don’t get a good caretaker in and that guy also struggles (sorry Freddie I’ll always love you) what difference does it make because we’re losing and struggling anyway? At least if we have a caretaker the fans will rally knowing regardless of what we’re seeing… Read more »
If I was the caretaker I’d strongly consider a 4-4-2 as follows ———————-——-Leno Soares —— Holding —-Gab ——- Tierney Nelson——AMN——-Mo———Saka ————-Martinelli——Auba I’m not sure how a flat 4-4-2 would work in today’s game and it’s well out of favour but I think with that personel and if you ask martinelli to play off Auba, let him contribute to the build up to add numbers – or let Saka play as a 10 and put Martinelli on the left That midfield and attack at least surely has legs, proper runners, our 3 most dangerous offensive players, our best crosser, our fastest… Read more »
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China I would go with that.
I think now, Martinelli needs to get small mins in the first team…
We need him ready by Feb/March to contribute…
instead of Eddie, put on Martinelli..
But then again, Gabby M was an Emery player ( chosen by Edu) but still….
The season is not halfway through, a good caretaker manager can turn it around and comfortable finish 6-8th.
Martinelli is in the firing line for being a big young talent bought by emery
He should be careful and not say too much, especially on social media until Arteta is gone. Otherwise he’ll go the way of guen and saliba in no time
Find something else to value in your lives
Arsenal ain’t worth it
Boom boom boom
https://youtu.be/o_6SlT3Yy10
I think Areta knows the Brazilian contingent at the club can turn on him quickly…
I think he treads carefully with them.
Hence why Willian always gets picked….
Luiz
martinelli
Gabriel
Willian
3 first teamers and another about to be….
Plus Edu
There is so much talent in Brazil, why cant we grab a hotshot that will blow up in a few years…. like another Martinelli?
There is so much talent there…. a great attacking Mid, would really help us
Someone like Richarlison. Hohoho. We can only dream at this point.
BLM signs; knee bending; LGBT armbands. How about winning a game for the heterosexual white supporters. Is that too much to ask? Obviously relegation doesn’t matter ffs.
This is one reason why I think signing Willian was a risk. Forget football entirely for a min, it’s an occupational risk to have a diverse and multinational task force where you have a major group of experienced people all from the same country. In good times their contribution might be better than ever due to their positivity and friendship, but in bad times they will likely form a clique that can be really toxic to the management of the team
https://metro.co.uk/2020/12/13/mikel-arteta-no-longer-speaking-to-david-luiz-after-vowing-to-destroy-whoever-was-behind-arsenal-training-ground-leaks-13747265/amp/
Things going from bad to worse for the saucy one.
China The Willian signing felt more of a route to finding a shortcut to CL football than thinking for the future, which has backfired heavily. The board (no idea who is in it) should have gone for a 2-3 year time frame where they get in young, players eager to please people and slowly claw their way back into the top 6 and then the top 4, while being a feeder club for a few years, giving young players a platform to showcase their talent. Then after the 3 year period, start bedding prime players with young exciting players to… Read more »
Go…:Get Favre!
Firing all our scouts was utterly stupid
WHo the hell does this?
What football club aspiring to be in the CL, worth more than a Billion dollars does this?
What we need in Jan is 3-4 new scouts from Red bull or Dortmund or Monaco, etc
Before other clubs poach and close on him, Go.. Get Favre!!
But why would join this weak ship already in troubled waters?
But then…why would Favre join this weak ship already in troubled waters?
Guns of SF
They fired the scouts because Kroenke Sr. wanted to save money. Everything is in the hands of Edu and Arteta. There has been so much change at the executive level since Wenger left. I reckon Sanllehi, Edu and Arteta look at Josh Kroenke as a soft touch. Easily convinced by corporate buzz words. Lots of opportunism in the last three years.
The advantage of playing the youngsters are :
– they have better chemistry playing together
– they are all energetic and faster than the elders
But to take this advantage, we’ll have to field at least a group of them. If you just play one youngster, his individual technical ability is not as good as an elder. I don’t know whether Fredrik Ljungberg is still available. He knows our youngsters very well. If we are going to play multiple youngsters, I would suggest we hire him back as the transition coach.
Binning off the scouts does look more and more like a Jia move…. if you’ve no scouts you’re more likely to rely on agents… Re the scouts themselves tho I have no real opinion on if they were up to scratch but I do have serious doubts. People talk of cagigao being here 23 years and finding cesc – I’m sorry but being here a long time and finding a star kid in 2003 or so is hardly a ringing endoresement of a scout in 2020. That’s wengereqsue levels of nostalgia. By the same logic wenger should’ve stayed as he… Read more »
Bould is the youth coach I think>…
Would not want him as first team coach at all…Wengers sidekick.
The brass is so clueless, they cannot even cope with Arteta screwing up. They have no contingency plan
i think per is head of the academy. I don’t have any faith in pet as he wasn’t an especially great player and he wasn’t an elite leader on the pitch either, plus he admitted to not wanting to play because he was scared sometimes and looking forward to retirement… Yeah scratch that my Per nomination i was about to make will have to be retracted. Hard pass on Bould as well. Too weak under Wenger. I’d let Freddie do it again if he’d like. We don’t have many other choices. Let DB be caretaker and see how it goes?… Read more »
who found all the wenger gems? Wenger himself? Nasri Cesc Diaby RVP Sagna and many more We found world class players like it was as easy as breathing air. Now its like looking under all the rocks to find one that is good. No scouts is terrible…. Scouts give much more than just youtube vids. They look at the other factors that no one knows about… temperament, coaches valuations, upsides, family situations, and other things that help make teams chose a good fit. Now its Kia, or youtube reels? I mean this is just stupid. Its time for Edu’s rolodex… Read more »
Freddie left to Sweden I think…doubt he comes back for another care taker role…
Unless Jan, we get 2 ready to play Mids that can score and create its going to be a painful march until summer….
Nah get an experienced coach in there. We need 25 points in 26 matches to survive in the PL. Winning a third of the matches remaining is a tall task for a novice caretaker.
Dream then you know who we need?
FAT SAM
Awwwwww yeaaaa
If you are still debating whether or not Arteta should be sacked, you’re a fool. If you think this team isn’t good enough to fight for top 4 then you’re also a fool. Emery nearly made top 4 and got to Europa final without Partey, Gabriel and Williams. His spine was fucking shit. What’s out spine noe: Leno, Gabriel, Partey and Auba. Aside top 4 teams how many have a better spine? Let’s take it further. Gabriel has one of the following to partner him: Luiz, Saliba, Mustafi, Holding or Chambers, that’s an abundance of riches. Full backs we have… Read more »
Guys take a deep breath and stop trying to be more outraged than Troopz and DT! Bottom line is that we were dominating that game and only Nick Pope was delaying the inevitable until that scum of a player decided to personally derail the team. Do I blame him? No! He knows he’s shyt and all the managers who haven’t taken heed have all been fired. Arteta may be next unless he learns from this and permanently bins this parasite. To think that he stopped him from leaving, and for what? This? The scorn of both players and fans who… Read more »
The team does not like playing for him. that is clear….
‘ Arteta has three games at the most to save his career. He should thank God for Covid and no fans in the stands or he would’ve been toast.
There is still time to right the ship. Hope he can do it .’
Why all this goodwill?
Where’s he going to pull the bunny out of, he’s a manager in his first job. There’s no reservoir of experience to fall back on
Why not give him ten games to get it right?
Thorough- spot on with this. His entitled attitude sucks. He got to go!
Arteta is dim. He talks trash. He’s vindictive. He’s coy. Those are not good characteristics for a man manager.
He’s ostracising people left right and center, and treating like he’s actually deserving of a position of a lifetime that most people still don’t know how he earned.
I’m really perplexed as to why you would totally eliminate your scouting department? WTF??!! Why? Who’s decision was that and what was the rationale behind that? The total clusterf**ck on some decisions being made is mind boggling.. Not even mid level teams, disband their scouting department let alone championship(1) division teams.. The decision making, recruitment, tactical nous and man-management seems to be on par with a non league outfit/operation. Just shocking.. PS Just throwing it out there-but is Xhaka some kind of mole for the manager? Going back to Arteta and reporting back what the players think and what they… Read more »
Southampton on Wednesday..
What are the odds Walcott scores against us and delivers the final blow to Arteta-if he is not sacked by then?
As they say,when it rains,it pours..!!!
Emery getting the call before Arteta must have really made him bitter. He thinks he is the chosen one… There is a multitude of managers who would value and appreciate this job. They would do whatever they could. Emery took this team from Wenger and boosted them up and almost made CL. The team simply did not have enough to win one of the remaining 4 games. It carried into EL final, and into last season and he was toasted. Its like a virus or disease…. it spreads slowly but when it does it is really hard to get rid… Read more »
“Bottom line is that we were dominating that game and only Nick Pope was delaying the inevitable until that scum of a player decided to personally derail the team.“
I don’t know, my impression was none of our chances created were of high quality , if anything, it was Wood’s free header that was the best chance of the game.
What was Pope’s outstanding save of the game ? I’m drawing a blank.
Guns of SFDecember 14, 2020 04:29:22
Thorough- spot on with this. His entitled attitude sucks. He got to go!Arteta is dim. He talks trash. He’s vindictive. He’s coy. Those are not good characteristics for a man manager.
He’s ostracising people left right and center, and treating like he’s actually deserving of a position of a lifetime that most people still don’t know how he earned.
——–
How he earned it?
Simple…
Connections..Ass licking along with screwing people over and talking a good game..
You’ll be surprised how far it gets some people in life..
Diet Pep fanboys are the biggest culprits, i gave them free nuggets if wisdom, ungrateful anuses(ani)
@Dissenter,
All I did was give my opinion.
My son is an academy player and when I went to pick him he asked me immediately about the Arsenal score and told him Xhaka helped with the loss.
His response actually heartened me. He was like well maybe with him suspended it might give the coach a chance to put a better line up out there.
It actually made me wonder if this could be addition by subtraction … I’ll watch and see
@Tom,
Go to YouTube since your recall is inhibited.
Nigel Pearson, Edie Howe and even Big Sam are names people want to bring to the Emirates to replace Arteta?
Lawd have mercy 😃😃😃
How he earned it?Simple…Connections..Ass licking along with screwing people over and talking a good game..
Supreme leader is playing this game too
It might have been worse for Arteta. Having dismissed Xhaka, referee Graham Scott and VAR David Coote contrived to show just a yellow card to Mohamed Elneny for a similar offence. The main difference was that Elneny used both hands to push James Tarkowski in the neck as the pair jostled for position from a corner. Burnley grievances soon forgotten because when Westwood was eventually told to get on with it and take the set-piece, Aubameyang promptly diverted it past Bernd Leno. Players too seem to have turned on vindictive, petty Fraudeta . David Luis and ArtetaOut are no longer… Read more »
The Godfather.
Who’s available now and will agree to taking this team on half a season?
Xhaka is the mole.
The leaker!
sheesh!
Actually this mole theory makes me wonder
we are sticking with Arteta the club did not have a contingency plan.
The high of the FA cup overwhelmed them, and killed any brain cells left with the management team.
Arteta is an opportunist. He does not love Arsenal like he claims or others claim….
Like wtf?
He is an ambitious ass licking prick who feels a sense of entitlement ….
He is an Everton man, yes they did not even consider him
We should have taken Ancelloti
We didn’t dominate the game at all .
The worrying thing is Arteta is actually overachieving.
If Saliba, Guendozi and Ozil can openly talk about Arteta then the manager has a big problem. This is elite sports and these are elite players not run of the mill. This makes Arteta position unprecedented as he is not an elite coach.
Compare with Favre one big loss and out you go. That is elite sports.
Maybe Arteta picked up all of Gurdiolas bad bits and none of the genius.
Guns of SFDecember 14, 2020 04:33:36 Winning is the only way to get rid of it. —— Winning is a culture embedded from the top.From the owner’s vision. That has to be married with the manager and the coaching or backroom staff hired to implement that vision. Not the manager implementing that vision and hoping the higher up’s and the pawns or foot soldiers on the pitch buy into that vision. That is not how it works in any organisation. Your leaders plant that seed of their ambitions ,which filters through to the rest of the organisation.Standards are set, and… Read more »
Edu wasn’t responsible for Martinelli.
Cagigoa discovered him, scouted him and recomended him to Arsenal.
It’s been pointed out to you before guys.
Edu couldn;t discover shit. He is all about the Willians and David Luiz’s of this world.
@ Thorough
That’s exactly why I’m not advocating for Arteta’s firing. Arsenals issues are deeper than any coach.
It’s start from the top and this horrible collection of players who have undermined how many coaches now?
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta’s job is safe despite their terrible start to the Premier League season, the club’s chief executive Vinai Venkatesham has confirmed. Speaking to The Times, he explained that he believes Arteta can use his experiences from his playing days in order to help guide the team through their rough patch. “With Mikel we have got a number of things,” Venkatesham said. “You’ve got an individual who has extraordinary experience in the Premier League across his time at Arsenal, Everton, Manchester City and then back at Arsenal. “You have got a guy that loves this club and understands… Read more »