Good morning my darlings. I’ve been to hell this week. Arsenal has been shit. Advertising has been worse (we won that Ad of the Year award though, so thanks). I’m on my 4th accommodation in 2 weeks after dealing with rodents. The only joy has been finding out that lizards are quite social and like to hang out when you work. Weirdos.
It’s time to get back to business though. I can’t have Arsenal being shit forever. Mikel Arteta’s fall from grace needs a swift turnaround. He’s going nowhere and he needs to fix the problems.
Southampton are not exactly shit these days. Ralph Hassenhutl overcame a similarly shocking run last season, now he’s fighting for the league. They’ve been so good even Theo is looking like a player.
Still, at some point, something is going to click. I know everyone is crying that we’re going to get relegated… it’s not going to happen. Here’s how bad the season has been: if we’d beaten Burnley and Southampton tonight, we’d be 3 points off Chelsea.
What does that tell you? If we put a run in, we could climb the table pretty fast. Now, we have good players. Some are downing tools. Some are out of form. If we can work out who is who, then we could find some sparkle.
Auba looks shattered confidence-wise, but we were finding him the other night and he didn’t stop working. It’ll click for him. I simply refuse to believe he’s an Ozil-like issue.
Granit Xhaka can’t be used tonight. He’s been fined and now he can’t play. That means there will be a change in midfield. A lot of fans were critiquing Arteta for not savaging him a week after savaging Arteta for going off a Nic Pepe. I think he learnt his lesson, his post red reaction was virtually the same. Everyone fucks up, let’s move on.
Hector Bellerin, bless him, is finally being dropped because he’s suspended. What will Mikel do? I really hope he plays Cedric Soares and puts Ainsley in midfield. If he doesn’t, we’ll know that the Kia deal for the Southampton player last Jan was probably some sort of final straw for Raul.
I think we should go back to being Shithouse FC. Play 5 at the back until we have the players to roll with a back 4. Our midfield base should be Mo and AMN. Let’s have Auba left, Eddie centre, and Pepe on the right. then maybe Joe Willock or ESR in the creative position.
We need a win. The players he’s forced to pick have to come with the goods. This has to be a stepping stone to a better starting 11.
My fear is we see another round of Willian, Lacazette, and Ceballos.
The reality is we’ll probably fall somewhere in between.
I keep on calling every game a turning point. It never happens. But if you were honest about the last game… we were pretty decent. We played some good football before Granit saw red and we ended the game with an xG win (lolololol I am soooo desperate). I know it means nothing right now, but at least we saw less aimless crosses, some structure in our attack, and a bit of variety.
Arteta was asked if the players are behind him. He laughed and said, ‘my feeling is yes.’ Honestly, I don’t think we are in ‘downed tools’ territory. The results are worse than Emery, but the situation is very different I think. That said, you need to see some wins at some point. Today would be a nice moment.
There was a lot of talk about bad situations and what you learn in the presser. Mikel has never had his squad do to him what they did to Emery. He needs to remember this moment. How it feels. What people said about him. How close he came to getting the boot. Those are the things that need to be written in a diary so when May next year comes round, he’s ruthless. I don’t want to see Mustafi given another chance. I don’t want to see Luiz here next year. If we get an offer for Xhaka in Jan, let’s push him out. Arteta will escape this dip because industry people think he’s the next big thing. The execs will ride out the calls for his head this time… but he won’t get a second chance. This moment needs to be like the first time you licked a plug socket. Let me tell you friends, you only try that once.
Those conversations can happen later, today, is about the win. I liked it when Mikel was asked why we’re so shit.
‘This is football.’
Very true. Our team is more than capable of getting back on track. The talent in the squad is way above where we are in the league. Mikel is a great coach. Let’s see what the counter punch at our shitty form looks like.
P.S. Now listen to The Arsenal Opinion. I bring together Janan and Matt for the first one. It’s a good one. Therapeutic listening.
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I totally disagree with regards to our ‘talent’ v position. We have a very expensive squad but that does not equate to position or ability.
We are fucking dreadful as a unit and collectively. How many of our players would make a starting 11 for a top club? None.
That’s where we are.
Tr4phy
I bet Mustafi is at right back and not Cedric and some other old codger in midfield instead of AMN. I’d also put money on Willian starting. Sheesh I’m pissed off.
I have to hand it to you Pedro..how you find silver linings while polishing Arteturd is admirable.
There are too many laughable mistakes along his novice managerial career that can’t be glossed over. Injecting “ifs” on how we’d be 3 points off the top had we won our previous 2 games…lol
Had we won all our games, we’d be top of the league..lol
I don’t expect any positive result today.
A team in relegation form can pick up points occasionally.
Might be tonight who knows.
Does this team look like they could go on a needed run? Doesn’t look promising.
We are lucky to have as many points as we have, got bossed by west ham, lucky to get a point at Leeds and were lucky to get 3 points at home to Sheffield United FFS! We are not in a false position we are shit.
Play 5 at the back until we have the players to roll with a back 4. Our midfield base should be Mo and AMN. Let’s have Auba left, Eddie centre, and Pepe on the right. then maybe Joe Willock or ESR in the creative position
Err, thats 11 outfield players. Might not lose, though.
Arsenal has become the veritable experiment lab for how-to-ruin a famous club experiments.
Vinai- inexperienced consultant parading as CEO
Edu – first job as club technical director/DoF
Arteta – what else can you say, we rolled the dice and it’s nit looking good. He’s character flawed and is extremely limited.The goal for this season is to stay up in the premier league. The typical relegation dwellers in the league have sensed that we are in trouble and are going for it.
We don’t have the bottle for a relegation fight. Let’s just hope we manage to stay just above it.
Pedro
Cheers, good to see that you’re doing good
Just had to out out there before the pummeling starts
Isn’t it funny that our best best hopes arise from having fate take away Arteta’s toys from him?
That’s how bad your boy has been; tactically naive and incapable of learning from mistakes.
I think we will win today]. The fever is bound to break at some point- law of averages.
If we are the favourites tonight, that falls right into the hands of The saints. They have nothing to lose. I can see them playing freely and with less caution.
A better Arsenal team would capitalise on Southampton openness but I don’t know. If Pepe plays this will be a big game for him.
Arsenal!
Brighton?
“I think we should go back to being Shithouse FC. Play 5 at the back until we have the players to roll with a back 4. Our midfield base should be Mo and AMN. Let’s have Auba left, Eddie centre, and Pepe on the right. then maybe Joe Willock or ESR in the creative position.” Unfortunately with a back 5 2 deep midfielders and 3 upfront their is no creative position which is why we have always has a problem linking defence to attack with this formation except down the flanks. The only way to fill the hole in midfield… Read more »
Pedro Quite simply, based on this season’s evidence, is arteta actually a good coach? Let’s be honest, there’s been precious little evidence to back this up. Being a good coach isn’t only about football ideals, tactical knowledge, plans for the future, blue sky thinking etc. It’s about expediency. You have to make the most out of what you have and you have to get the best out of the players you have. Even wenger could grind out results when he had to. I’m waiting and still hoping to see arteta prove himself. Today could be the day. I want to… Read more »
Approx. 8 hours and 15 minutes to kick off: feeling optimistic again. Like an addict, I am back yearning one more fix. After all, how many times can Arteta fuck up on selection before eventually coming good? Even a broken clock is eventually right… Hoped for starting 11: 1 – Leno 4 – Soares, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney 2 – AMN, Elneny 3 – Pepe, Saka, Auba 1 – Nketiah or (say it softly) Lacca I would have Lacca as long as he is playing the upfront role and not some crazy 10 role which he cannot do, except against sloppy… Read more »
And even though Saka is not a natural 10, his roaming and direct dribbling breaks the lines just as effectively as an Ozil pass. So yes, I think he could do a job.
He has to drop Willian today.
If Nelson is available, give him the full 90 minutes.
Redtruth’s interview for the vacant manager’s job at Arsenal.
Venkatesham: “What qualities can you bring to the team”
Redtruth: “A trip down to specsavers to help improve the team’s shooting in games”
Venkatesham: “Have you any previous qualifications”
Redtruth: “Over 40 years of loyalty to AFC”
Venkatesham: “What are your targets for the remainder of the season”
Redtruth: “Sack sad fuckers like you who have destroyed the club”
Arsenal install Yaya Sanogo as new manager.
I said it yesterday. Say it again today Arteta will turn this around, will still be coach in 2021 not a manager probably. This squad has talent and it is a string of wins and we are smelling the roses again.
With regard to Xhaka , i think he had his nose put out of joint when he was benched on the arrival of Partey. He had basically been relegated to the europa squad but Partey’s injury changed things and he got his place back.. However, there hasn’t been the same commitment from Xhaka since his return to the side.. He knows that once Partey is fit , there is a good chance he will be out of the side… Xhaka being suspended gives Arteta the chance to try something different , though he will probably stick with Elneny and Ceballos… Read more »
Do we stick with a manager who.is perilously flirting with relegation or do we sack him and save our season.
I’ll have whatever Gladwins on I’d love to believe it but I didn’t write to Santa either…
He’s lost the dressing room his days are numbered…
“Honestly, I don’t think we are in ‘downed tools’ territory.”
Christ… Imagine what it will be like once they do down tools..
“This squad has talent and it is a string of wins and we are smelling the roses again.”
Honestly, what has given you the impression that Arteta is capable of a string on wins?
Pierre
No amount of juggling players will solve the conundrum on who should lead Arsenal
Lego-rove strikes again
Why not just admit you made a really bad call with Arteta
You are calling him out for the same blind loyalty to senior players that you are giving to a hopelessly inexperienced manager.
Willian will start tonight along with laca, if your hoping to see AMN Willock etc. That won’t happen until the last 20 minutes when we’re a couple of goals down. I truly believe MA is out of his depth, what people think of him and what he is actually capable of are completely different things. We need to stop pining our hopes on a lame duck. Before long it will go back to the dark days, of glorious failure in the banta years. For instance will loose tonight, say 2-1 but with a less shity performance. Then people will start… Read more »
It’s clear now the team that won the FA Cup were still subconsciously under the influence of Emery.
PedRo
*****that Ad of the Year award though, so thanks). I’m on my 4th accommodation in 2 weeks after dealing with rodents*****
You should be fine, even used to it.
You deal with them most of time on here.
Arteta Out!
Edu Out!
Someone competent In.
(Preferably a non bullshitting, boring Brit- who knows the lower leagues)
Baggies showing more ambition than Arsenal- Getting a great point at Man City but still not satisfied and upgrading to Big Sam Allarrdyce.
Buy Saints to score in each half.
Three days after that fiasco and Arteta still has a job. 4 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats on the table. This is insanity. Edu is mad to be reeling us shit about banding together at this time. I’m hoping we keep losing so these mofos can do the needful.
For those who like to change their Manager’s more than they change their underpants, perhaps now is a good time to remind them of a certain Manager whose below stats were his 3rd full season: For the 1989–90 season, Ferguson further boosted his squad by paying large sums of money for midfielders Neil Webb, Mike Phelan, and Paul Ince, as well as defender Gary Pallister and winger Danny Wallace. The season began well with a 4–1 win over defending champions Arsenal on the opening day, but United’s league form quickly turned sour. In September, United suffered a humiliating 5–1 away… Read more »
Those who support the regime are in a perverse way getting off on losing games.
“Mikel Arteta’s fall from grace needs a swift turnaround. He’s going nowhere and he needs to fix the problems.”
He’s been given the infamous backing of the board approval which is a kiss of death for most football managers.
There’s a real chance he’s going soon (finally).
His literal response for needing to score was we need more crosses. This man has no idea what kind of players he has.
Mikel is not a ‘great coach’.
He’s a coach who’s still training at our expense
The pace at which he learns and his capacity to change his ways will determine whether he has a career away from Arsenal.
Bergkamp63
This ain’t 1989 tough.
The equitable distribution of big money in the league has created a cut throat competition where anyone can truly beat anyone
Bergkamp63
I guess the board held back from sacking Ferguson who with Aberdeen beat Real Madrid in the Cup Winners Cup Final and beat the reigning European Cup Winners in the Super Cup.
Calypso
It makes them feel special. They abandon club standards and common sense so that they can put a cross on their back and say “we supported Mikel when no one else would, we’re true fans, no one else but us”
🙄
For the love of God, no late career Rooney replica Laca tonight please
Five at the back. At home to Southampton.
El-Nenny and AMN as a double pivot, and Joe Willock at no 10.
SAUCE.
We left Highbury for this?
Or maybe it’s just some of us don’t feel bitter because we are not one of life’s losers, Arsenal is not even close to being the only thing we have in life, I pity those who have nothing else but then again, they probably deserve nothing.
Keep it up, it’s most entertaining !
Berg Fergie had a PROVEN track record at Aberdeen. He had PROVED he knows what he is doing. Why would you not show loyalty and persist with someone like him? Mr. Bullshitter has no Track Record. Indeed he has never been a manager before. Why would you show loyalty to an UNPROVEN No.2 – who has overseen his side score ONE goal from open play in 8 games and has fallen out with most of his players. He needs to go and learn to be a manager- somewhere like Luton Town or Barnsley first. Even Potter of Brighton- and he… Read more »
Playing basically a back 7 abandoning the midfield and leaving a front three alone to feed on scraps at home to Southampton? Not exactly a master plan. Would rather play a back four and a higher line, condense the midfield and tell Leno he needs to be on his toes. I’d rather see a 2-1 than play with a back seven and hope to nick a goal.
SAG,
Who did Pep manage before Barca ?
For Arteta , it’s all about learning from his mistakes, the best thing he could do is have a chat with wenger and learn from the master of how to handle players . 22 years at the club and he never got himself in the type of situations with the players that Arteta has managed to do in the last 6 months. Arteta needs to learn and learn quickly as he is alienating maybe a third of the squad and if the players don’t trust the manager’s word , there is no way they will give 100% commitment… CG is… Read more »
The only way Arsenal will be saved is by swapping brains with Klopp.
Pierre
Wenger’s man management was terrible.
Bergkamp63,
Guardiola managed Barcelona B team. A full team who played competitive football in the lower league.
Same with Zidane.
You may not respect that, but this is still more managerial experience than Arteta had.
The match starts at 18:00, bloody ridiculous time.
A mate of mine got a ticket for the match, he’s actually relieved he can’t go!
Valentin,
That really is clutching at straws !
@Bergkamp63 Pep inherited a first team made up of: Iniesta, Xavi, Bosquets, Villa and Messi. If ever a manager was handed a silver spoon, it was Pep and it was the size of a bus. Plus he coached Barca B for a while so was able to bring through Pedro et al. And Barca B play at a decent level in the lower Spanish leagues, so good learning ground. BTW I think Pep is an over-rated coach/manager and is partly the reason why Arteta is failing. Pep taught Arteta some awful lessons: treatment of Joe Hart is a reflection to… Read more »
Spanish Segunda division is not officially competitive ! LOL !
It must be great to be the fat Sam, confident in the knowledge that there will always be a job for him in the PL replacing some poor s o b who had spent two seasons toiling in the championship getting the promotion, only to find out he and his squad might not be good enough to compete at this level. If appointed by West Brom, this will be Allardyce’s eleventh managerial job to match the eleven clubs he played for as a player. The term “bounced around “ was literally invented for this guy. Spare a thought for Bilic… Read more »
Berg ***SAG,Who did Pep manage before Barca ?**** Pep aint as good as every one thinks. And certainly, not as good as he thinks he is. In fact, I would say for the money ,City have spent and the way they are currently playing and that they have been.caught cheating…. Arteta COULD NOT have had a worse role model or mentor than Pep ( just look how scruffy both are. Credit to Arteta- he does not spit as much) I think its Pep’ s arrogant and dismissive attitude to his players – thats rubbed off on Arteta. I never got… Read more »
MF,
So you admit Pep’s job was a little more difficult than the squad Arteta has been handed ?
As for Pep being over-rated, the site is littered with people suggesting manager’s who are suddenly having a dry spell being “over-rated”, next year it will be Klopp, Nagelsman, (fill in whichever name you like), I guess fergy was overrated by the end of his career, Wenger, Alf Ramsey, etc etc.
I know, why don’t you go and support whichever team is leading the table this week, and come back when things pick up ?
Berkgamp63
Did you seriously yjust compare Arteta to Fergie and accuse the people that disagree of being less measured than yourself?
“Spanish Segunda division is not officially competitive ! LOL !”
Lmao.
We need to get in fast before West Brom take Fat Sam from under our noses
Watched the nauseating ‘The 30 Year Wait’ about Liverpool on BBC last night. The one thing that jumped out at me is that their board was made up of football people, Liverpool fans, who would always act in the interests of the club over the owner when pressed. When Hicks & Gillett were trashing the club, the board pursued every avenue to defy them and wrestle the club from them (each board member personally had a $1bn civil suit brought against them). Couldn’t imagine that happening at Arsenal. There is total obedience to Kroenke, and our board hasn’t felt pro-active… Read more »
Doublethink,
Clearly you are a world champion limbo dancer,
Doublegooner
“Berkgamp63
Did you seriously yjust compare Arteta to Fergie and accuse the people that disagree of being less measured than yourself?”
Yep, he did. Just laugh it off, because arguing will be pointless.
*Double think
*****22 years at the club and he never got himself in the type of situations with the players that Arteta has managed to do in the last 6 months****
Thats because he was an understated managerial genius, Pierre.
Everyone focuses on what Wenger got wrong (rightly and there is plenty after 22 years)
But they always forget to remember,- he always got the basics right.
i.e. his team always entertained, had a harmonious squad ,balanced the books scored goals for the home supporters and played well in cup finals
They were the days…
The backass,
No I didn’t, but with an IQ of <40, you probably would also miss the point completely.
The point was, nobody at the time knew what was going to follow, just like nobody here can predict the future unless you can time travel.
You lot seem to be worried about some sort of Web Cred that you don’t possess in the first place !
Anybody have any idea about this player?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9058469/Arsenal-ready-begin-talks-sign-27m-Porto-midfielder-Fabio-Vieira-January.html
I’m looking forward to Arteta seeing out his full 3 year contract !
… it’s not going to happen
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That’s what Spurs and Man U said in the mid 70’s
Nottingham Forest in the 90’s (got relegated twice and haven’t come back!)
Leeds in 2004.
The only point in Arteta’s favour is that the season started a month late, this time last year we’d already played 17 matches (22 points) so if we get some wins out of the next 5 matches (incl. todays) then we can judge him in a more acceptable light……..or maybe not!
I would imagine the French Ligue 1 will be the place to look for reinforcements in Jan, most of the clubs can’t afford to pay wages come February unless they get another bail out.
this guy on wind up
move along
B63
“The point was, nobody at the time knew what was going to follow, just like nobody here can predict the future unless you can time travel.’
Claims someone has Low IQ and write’s this? Clown alert.
“You lot seem to be worried about some sort of Web Cred that you don’t possess in the first place !”
Projecting yourself much?
@Bergkamp63 “I know, why don’t you go and support whichever team is leading the table this week, and come back when things pick up ?” Classic. I love the way discussions and debates on this site quickly deteriorate to this puerile level, and all too frequently. I think there has to be a general understanding and agreement amongst everyone who posts comments that writing has a certain obligation on all sides. For the writer, you are putting yourself out there to be either applauded or criticized for your views. And for the reader, the writer has taken the time to… Read more »
most feel we will win today , but the big question is why ? I feel we will win today as two of the main fuck ups will not be playing and the main one xhaka will have a huge impact by not playing i would go 433 with Tierny ,holding Gabriel and cedric at the back .AMN,ESR and Elneny in the middle with Sacka Auba and pepe up top but make no mistake a win today will not mask the managers awful awful player management , decision making , his yes man power grabbing and the playing style which… Read more »
You got me JAC !
The more they get frustrated, the more entertaining,,
It wouldn’t bother me if we finished 17th, it won’t affect my life one bit !
Berg
Ferguson dominated the Scottish league with Aberdeen.
A league that was dominated by either Celtic or Rangers. What he did was fucking amazing.
That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever read, trying to compare Arteta’s difficult start to Fergies.
How can people compare MA with Ralph Hasenhutl?
Katz,
You should try reading your own comments then !
“How can people compare MA with Ralph Hasenhutl?”
Easy: one is a proven coach/leader/manager and the other is Mikel Arteta.
On what’s Arteta’s goodwill based exactly. This man has had upwards of 6 months with this team, 3 months of lockdown, dined and wined with this players pre and post-Covid., had enough firsthand experience of who to keep and who to boot, had a summer that’s not modest by our standards, Gabriel, Partey, Williams, nd Saliba are good additions even if he’d refused to use them right or use them at all. Kept all the players he wanted to keep: Mari, Cedric etc. Even got Ceballos back because he wanted. That’s a solid solid transfer window by our standard. We… Read more »
I think that not playing Xhaka and Bellerin may be enough. Looking back over the last several games, practically all the negative turning-points came from their errors. Xhaka’s red card was just the latest example.
It would be nice to see Arteta cut the knife deeper, excise Willian and Ceballos for example, and insert Nketiah. On the other hand, Laca and Auba might gel once again, re-discover their goal-scoring touch. But if I was betting on who will turn the game in Arsenal’s favout it would be Pepe and Saka.
Berg
Ohhh you’re an idiot troll. Understood now.
Watched the nauseating ‘The 30 Year Wait’ about Liverpool on BBC last night.
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Soon you’ll be able to see the nauseating ‘The 60 Year Wait’ about The Scum…….god forbid.
From what I’ve seen so far this season I can’t see Arteta going on a notable winning run or unbeaten one but let’s hope he proves me and others wrong starting with tonight.
As for comparing Alex Ferguson and Mikel Aeteta that’s just silly.
Alex Ferguson was not only an experienced manager when he arrived at Man United but he was also a succesful one. He broke up the Rangers and Celtic domestic dominance and he also won in Europe as well.
Arsene Wenger’s first act was to change things around at half time in a UEFA cup match against Borussia Mönchengladbach which Arsenal then went on to lose.
Literally every poster on here except me and Berg63 would have sacked him before he was even officially appointed
via Arseblog today: “The summer departures of Ozil, Sokratis, Shokdran Mustafi and David Luiz – all of whom are out of contract in June – will save the club £750,000 every single week.” That’s an entire starting 11 with 3 substitutes (average ~£53k / week) Compare with this: https://www.spotrac.com/epl/southampton-fc/payroll/ Assuming this data is current, the weekly wages freed up from offloading just these four players is *more* than weekly wages of Southampton’s most expensesive starting 11+3 subs (~733k). Arteta bears lots of the responsibility as the person picking the team, but the problems clearly go deeper than that. The club’s… Read more »
Yes I have a gut feeling tonights the night for Saka and Pepe, I want to see the pensioners axed but I don’t want to see Willock. Arsenal are crying out for a box to boxer but he aint it, he is too attacking and will vacate the midfield too much, I do like the look of ESR though.
“Soon you’ll be able to see the nauseating ‘The 60 Year Wait’ about The Scum…….god forbid”
More like a Spurs club shop DVD: “60 Years and Waiting…”
Simple enough thought, perhaps Arteta could try to simplify things. It doesn’t take much to realize, through his constant yapping from the touchline, that he’s perhaps complicating things and the players are either confused or not able to process it at that moment.
Maybe I’m wrong, but it seems to me that Arteta is complicating an otherwise simple game.
I said Arteta would need to win at least 7 points from the following five games to survive : Burnley, Southampton, Everton, Chelsea and Brighton. 3 points dropped against Burnley and now it’s 7 from 4 games.
More like a Spurs club shop DVD: “60 Years and Waiting…”
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I so hope you’re right, every day I get tons of jokes memes from Spurs fans.
Liverpool better stuff them tonight.
” If he doesn’t, we’ll know that the Kia deal for the Southampton player last Jan was probably some sort of final straw for Raul.”
Er the Soares deal in Jan was a loan that was done because Arteta didn’t fancy AMN at RB and Bellerin was coming back from an ACL. The deal wasn’t made permanent until the summer when Arteta had an influential say in transfers.
But never mind Pedro you keep diverting and putting up excuses. In a few weeks it’ll be we win this one and we’ll only be 15 points behind whoever.
When was the last time we lost five league games on the trot?
………….Leno
…Holding Gabriel
Niles……………Tierney
.. ..Elneny Ceballos
Pepe….Laca…Saka
……Aubameyang
Not what I’d go with, but I think we’ll see something similar to this.
“Arteta will escape this dip because industry people think he’s the next big thing.”
Are these the same industry people who kept talking up Neil Warnock, Harry Redknapp, Tony Pulis and Sam Allardyce?
Rich
Swap out Pepe for Willian and I reckon you are there.
Is there a chance that we are playing Saka way too much
I wouldn’t start him today, let him come in from the bench.
Appointing Arteta is possibly the worst decision in the history of AFC!
The delusion that he is a great coach based on non existent past or present facts
It’s only in Pedro’s head and posts he is that!
So far he hasn’t showed any sign of becoming a decent coach let a lone “great”
We will loose tonight
There is no hope with him in charge
Sack him now
Start again!
Marc
The Soares + Mari permanent deals got announced twice on Arsenal’s official site.
Mari may have been a loan with obligation, I’ve seen conflicting reports.
I have no idea why we signed Soares? But the way Bellerin is playing, he’d do well to be much worse.
Someone needs to take Bellerin out for a 50oz mixed grill, he looks absolutely shot physically
How useful would Partey have been now if Arteta hadn’t rushed him back too soon.
Dissenter
I agree, Saka’s importance at 19, is a real concern.
We need to manage him.