Here we are, like groundhog day, overseeing the wreckage of another defeat against a team we really should have beaten.
It feels like the project is over. It’s likely not, but I think football careers of managers at top clubs can deal with blips, but not mega craterings. We’re now in the end of days of Emery. There is no real clue how to stop us from losing, and the biggest mistakes of the summer are coming back to haunt us.
We are a top 5 team. We have top 5 players. We should be in the pack of clubs at the top of the league fighting it out every week, particularly this season. The fact that we are not doing that speaks to bad decisions.
Arteta started strong when he landed here, he had a nice little run of games. He played those that deserved minutes, he dropped those who did not, there was some sort of vision, and the players were into the process. Since then, we’ve seen Arteta slowly dismantle what he came here to do.
Mesut Ozil was dropped from 10 games on the bounce to a nobody… without a viable back-up plan. He wasn’t electric when he played, but we had a far better brand of football with him in the team and he was a threat.
He moved out arguably our best player of the back half of the season. Emi Martinez was a dominant force in the box and he perfectly represented the new meritocracy that was forming. We sold him in the summer and I’m sorry, I just don’t rate Leno that highly. The bigger message was that big performances didn’t seem to matter to the system. We also attempted to sell AMN, another breakout star, who is one of our best defenders.
We doubled down on a plan that hasn’t worked for three years. We gave Luiz a new deal, we broke the bank for Auba, and we signed Willian. Those three moves look tragic right now. All three spoke to yesteryears short-termist strategy that has consistently fallen short.
Those three areas of failure are badly impacting us now. They show a lack of planning, a misunderstanding of how far-reaching alpha boss moves could be, it shit on meritocracy, and it showed subservience to super-agents and undeserving older players.
The starting 11 yesterday was miserable. No creative players and no one who could score. The performance was much better. The system actually looked pretty decent at times. But that’s not enough. We are way beyond showing a bit of style to justify this car crash. We are in the depths of hell and it’s unclear anyone has the knowledge to get us out.
The problem is, if you fire Mikel, look at the talent replacing him. The guys that sat in a room and doubled a 32 years old wingers wages when he wanted to stay in London. The guys that allowed Ozil to be exited from the squad without a plan. The people that signed the cheque on William Saliba and said they’d be fine for him to rot for 6 months after a great loan spell.
The real move is a football CEO. You have Ralph Rangnick and Luis Campos out of work at the moment. The exec leadership equivalent of 2015 when Pep and Klopp were available. Older guys with a history of creating football player conveyor belts. Rangnick set up 4 clubs that all feed each other for a net neutral cost. He’s blooded young managers. He’s been written up in the New York Times as a visionary. The power move would be to accept that the three-point plan the club has is shite and being run by 3 people first jobbing. The honesty would be to stop dreaming of the Champions League Final in 3 years and to make the hard decision to accept the way back is a 5 year plan that should start this January.
Arteta has flunked out this season, he changed what was working, and he lost control. Don’t let yourself be convinced that he wasn’t helped along the way. Vinai and Edu gave him the keys. They didn’t lead when bad ideas were suggested. They indulged fantasies someone like Ralph Rangnick would have nixed. There simply aren’t many coaches in the world that could fix Arsenal without a proper structure. These players are failures. The club is borrowing window to window. The whole thing needs a rethink… otherwise, we’ll be back here in a years time pondering the same questions.
As for Arteta? It should be over. He can’t motivate his players. We aren’t hitting the target. He’s not moving the pieces fast enough to get a different output. It’s pretty dire. I don’t think he escapes this… and here’s the thing. The January transfer window is a reward for progress. Where is that progress? Which players are getting better? What does the xG say? What the fuck are we working towards?
If the idea is that we’re 1 creative player away from this side clicking, again, I think there should be an intervention.
The club might be better off ignoring January, getting in a caretaker who could resurrect the players we have, and seeing what a proper Football CEO could do for us over the next 5 months. We cannot allow a management team that is failing to keep adding to the mess with short-term panic signings. The next manager shouldn’t have to deal with another two windows worth of half baked attempts at resurrecting a style of football none of us are really convinced can take us to the promised land.
How utterly depressing I’m writing this after such a strong start to Arteta’s Arsenal career. The biggest lesson for me is that there are no rockstars in Premier League football these days. There are rockstar teams. We don’t have the support network in place to help managers thrive. Wenger, Emery, and now Arteta have all failed because of a lack of leadership… there are two options on the market that could help fix that, will anyone at the highest level recognize what we all see? I doubt it.
See you in the comments.
This twat will get us relegated. Going to be real fucking tough getting back up if we drop.
Mike just highlights what ingrates me. He is someone who did not cut his teeth. He felt entitled to this job. He is good at playing the “game” and ended up getting something much more deserving coaches would die for. His arrogance in the way he handles the players His terrible transfer mistakes His rigid coaching tactics Everything just stinks… if anything he is more anti wenger than anyone Wenger did much better on all those fronts…. Not that I love Wenger. He had fatal flaws too. If the club and board want to maintain any connections to the fans,… Read more »
Artetas CV is going to be insane
Wins FA cup in year 1
Gets relegated in year 2
BUT ALSO WINS EL in year 2!!!
Gets relegated from championship in year 3
BUT FINALLY DELIVERS THE CL TO NORTH LONDON, THIS ALSO MAKING US QUALIFIED FOR THE CL AGAIN DESPITE MOVING DOWN TO LEAGUE 1!!! We’ll be beastibg Juve and China in between massive bouts with bitter rivals Bristol Rovers and Luton Town!!!
Look at Pep now, not really pulling up trees anymore….
The league has caught on. All teams are much better now.
Top 4 or 6 can go to a few new teams now….
We need to get a reality check.
Bring back the scouts
Fire Edu and Mike
Invest in the team…
Hire in a world class exp. Coach
no more young coaches in their 30’s… too young
Get a proper DOF
Get new board members
so much to be done… but it can happen if the owners can see clearly and act accordingly.
China and others
My son asked me this morning… he is 10.
He asked, what if we get relegated but win the EL.
What happens?
Based on your answer it seems we go to the championship but are playing in the CL… is this true?
Has that ever happened before? A team in the CL and in lower division?
In all seriousness to all those people who constantly say they wish we weren’t ‘distracted’ by the EL and weren’t in the competition, the EL is now a long shot but now a viable route to save our season in the same way the FA cup was last year We’re not going to win it because the club are too stupid to sack arteta, but make no mistake we have a good enough squad to be one of the top 4 or so competitors in it. We only need to beat a couple of unremarkable teams over two legs and… Read more »
“Based on your answer it seems we go to the championship but are playing in the CL… is this true?”
This is very true based on current UEFA rules. Unless they make an amendment on this, Arsenal would play in The Championship and the Champions League at the same time.
Guns when Milan and Juve got relegated for bribery were they in the CL the following season? I guess their places got given to next in line in the league? Not sure
Saying the above, it would be remotely unlikely that Arsenal would be relegated. Should the club feel that threatened it would be clear that Arteta would not oversee such a rescue effort.
And this EL campaign really underscores why it’s important to play in it if you’re not in the CL.
People always moan that the EL games beast the squad – most of our EL games we’ve fielded a completely changed team. It isn’t blasting our squad. After the group stages you have a handful of midweek games en route to the final. It’s the most overstated ‘season killer’ ever and should be easily managed with solid basic rotation
Haha Ernest we can but pray
China I agree
Lets hope Mike does not change the EL team.
They are doing well.
As soon as Willian and Co enter, its over.
The new UEFA rules states that the winner of the Europa league automatically gets a spot in next seasons UCL group stage.
We should also go hard in the FA cup in the hope that we qualify for the EL again 😂😂 Honestly speaking I say sack edu and the manager. Bring in a proper DoF and a caretaker manager until the next manager is determined and brought in Season objectives: -secure a safe lower mid table position in the league -have a good go at the EL -have a good go at the FA cup Objective 1 is a hard requirement, but either of the other two added on top effectively saves our season to all intents and purposes. If we… Read more »
Someone needs to explain to Stan what relegation is.
Perhaps if he knew of this ill fated peril that awaits us, he will do something like open his check book
I think Edu needs to have that 2 min conversation with Stan sharpish!
Most perplexing to me was that Willian actually played the full 90 minutes – I didn’t even know or realize he was on the pitch until very late on. I guess their play of late is so predictable that i likely found myself daydreaming. And I’m not kidding, I honestly did not realize Willian was even playing!
Arteta hiring has wenger fingerprints all over it
Thats why there are so many MKBs. All old AKBa found a new manager to latch on to
“Going to be real fucking tough getting back up if we drop.”
I don’t know whether there is a provision written in the players contract that allow the club to renegotiate each contract in case the club is demoted. The players should also be held responsible in case this happens. We could get rid of all players above 28 years old. Arsenal has a large stadium based in London. KSE may sell the club. We’ll have a new beginning.
“Honestly speaking I say sack edu and the manager. Bring in a proper DoF and a caretaker manager until the next manager is determined and brought in”
Truthfully, these guys honestly are not this bad. An experienced Manager should be able to guide them back into form. How Arteta managed to take two functional forwards like Laca and Auba and turn them into mush, thats quite the trick.
Nelson no way in hell arsenal would have added such clauses because they’d be too complacent to consider the possibility and too dumb as well
We’d be in the championship with a CL wage budget haha! Why am I laughing? That is horrific
Ernest ReedDecember 21, 2020 00:50:05
The new UEFA rules states that the winner of the Europa league automatically gets a spot in next seasons UCL group stage.
This clown cant beat burnley , wolves or villa AT HOME, but you think hes going to win the Europa????
What are you smoking over there???
Ernest yeah well if we did only one change then let it be the manager. But I’ve no faith in Edu so will be happy to see him out as well.
Not saying that this is going to happen, Snowkid. I was responding to a question. Take it down a notch, please.
Snow were all banking on arteta getting sacked first otherwise the EL is not gonna happen. It will be another olympiakos debacle if we don’t sack him first
Agreed China, they are linked as a 1a and 1b package. Neither are qualified and nothing about this teams precipitous decline tells you otherwise.
Snowkid I asked that question and Ernest answered.
Scroll back to see before assuming
China
With Arteta , i doubt we get through the next round
The real question is say if…we sack Mike
who can we really get to come in?
A caretaker role is an iffy one. It seems to easy to be just called a caretaker for a few months….
There needs to be more incentives for a care taker to make this team better and move up and into competitions…
I doubt Allegri would come in as a caretaker.
I would say, bite the bullet and get a new coach…this care taker thing is just buying time it seems until we remain as clueless in the summer
We dont bring in Allegri as a caretaker, he needs to come
as full time
Pulis or bust
Go big or go home
Steve Bruce as backup choice
I agree we need to hire the full time coach…
and not make him a manager like ever… or at least 5 succesful years before getting that title
Does Allegri have the smarts to manage a club in a PL relegation battle?
He’d be very expensive. Not sure if he’d be my choice
“I would say, bite the bullet and get a new coach…this care taker thing is just buying time it seems until we remain as clueless in the summer” Have a feeling GunsSF that no one is going anywhere, unless things really get far worse. For me i set a target of 19 matches to really see where they are. 14 matches, although a lot, is not where I think ownership are in terms of decision making. Arteta is, to me, clearly no longer is the person to lead this team anywhere. His progression is not really that but rather a… Read more »
The new manager bump should help for sure. Although with Freddie there was no bump…
But a coach that is respected, world class and experienced will go a long way with the fans and also the players.
Mike is 38 with NO experience. The players know this…
I would have preferred Ancelloti. Great CV and someone who commands respect.
But there were those who wanted young, and generational… and a millenial.
LOL
Shout out to Champagne Charlie – Hope you are doing well and staying away by choice?
Shout out to James Woods – Hope your wife is doing well and you too are doing well? Hang tough and know that many here have you both in our thoughts and prayers.
Not many managers leave their clubs in the middle of the season. The ones without work atm are Allegri, Marcelino, Favre, Jardim, Sarri, Valverde. The only one that I’d put my trust in of this list is Allegri. If we wait until the Summer, we’d have at least another 5-6 managers who might become available or will surely be more willing to change clubs in the Summer than in the Winter. Conte, ten Hag, Hassenhutl, Bielsa might all accept the job. Truth be told ten Hag and Hassenhutl might jump board and join us if we offer them the job… Read more »
Why a shout out to CC
The numpty claimed on and on that xhaka was the missing piece and would lead us to a title challenge
And thought arteta was going to transform us generationally 😂😂
Good riddance
China,
We just signed Willian for 12m a year. I wouldn’t think that the difference from 5m to 15m between Arteta and Allegri will be impossible. Arteta is losing us far more than 10m at the moment. Allegri is as safe as it gets for us returning to the top. If it’s for the best manager in the world after Pep and Klopp, who would be there? Simeone? Zidane? Allegri surely is in the conversation, at least I believe so.
Captain Tierney “We have I think the 3rd or 4th best defensive record in the league.” And also this gem. “Its not Arteta’s coaching or to some extent even tactics that have led to this mess. Its his decision making which I find completely baffling.” So firstly. We have lost 8 of 14 games. Tied 3rd most losses in the league. Yeah sure. We are seriously great defensively. If letting less shots conceded compared to Emery is the benchmark, then yeah we are solid defensively. But if actually keeping clean sheets is the benchmark we are still very damn average… Read more »
Tied 17th in goals scored and same amount conceded as 18th placed Burnley.
We definitely reached balance between attack and defence! LOL
Snowkid if arsenal got relegated it would be the very definition of a generational change at arsenal
The point still stands!
Not even tied, exactly 17th. Three teams have scored less goals than us.
So pretty much I agree with the 2nd point. Shit decision making, not only tactically, but in squad building and man management is why we are where we are
Raptora,
Such grim reading indeed
SnowKid-N-Play, the shout out is because unlike you I happen to care about people’s well being. Charlie’s absence is not something that he’s typically known to do, so I am concerned.
You are who you are, but I tend to look beyond whether someone is a “numpty”.
Raptora I wouldn’t be so sure re the money Arsenal had to go cap in hand to stan to get the money for partey. They wouldn’t have needed to do that if they had pennies in the bank. As well, I am not against Allegri as a quality coach, my concern is nothing is guaranteed and he’s never even worked here before, let alone been in an awful dog fight at the bottom of the table. His previous role was at juve. It’s some change to be mixing it with burnley at the foot of the PL. so if it… Read more »
Or let me put it this way, if Allegri fails it would be a disaster financially. Do we have the appetite for that risk?
I’m not pro Allegri for the same reason I’m not pro signing Aouar. It’s less about quality and more about not liking the look of the what ifs if it doesn’t work out
“Or let me put it this way, if Allegri fails it would be a disaster financially. Do we have the appetite for that risk?”
They hired Arteta, didn’t they? The financial repercussions associated with failure extend well beyond the money spent on just the manager.
Ernest cc is just butt hurt. He’s ok (I hope anyway). But good on you for having a conscience unlike a lot on here 😂
Also reading comments from start of this blog…
The thought of Ozil and Willian (and or Pepe) all on the pitch at the same time is what nightmares are made of 😂😂
I see China, but I’d pick to pay the 10m pa difference between an Arteta and elite coach as Allegri every day of the week. That’s literally less than 1 Willian salary difference or 10m less money added to the transfer kitty. It’s nothing in the grand scheme of things when you know the difference a top class manager can have. At the absolute minimum we’d be on equal pts with Villa at 22 pts, 8 more than what we have now, and 4 away of top 4. Absolute minimum.
If money was the reason we didn’t hire a great coach, then why did we give Willian a mega contract?
We are so poor in all aspects of decision making at all levels
Each place higher in the league table at the end of the season is +2.5m pounds. Difference between 16th and 6th is 25m pounds or so. That’s a lot of money.
We are a calamity of higher managerial errors, capped off by the appointment of a rookie manager in a near lifeless sleeping giant. Arteta somehow managed to get two final pulses out of the thing with the FA cup and shield win, and then killed the whole thing for good in his own hands by selling Martinez. Where do we go from here? What are the pieces left to pick up? We have a striker who should be good, A midfield that should be functional, a collection of wide players that should be an envy of the league, and too… Read more »
OLE working miracles it seems. Just a few weeks ago he was deemed clueless, now utd sit 3rd whereas the chosen one has us languishing in 15th. When is he leaving?
Transfermarkt has Tierney and xhaka rated 50-50 in a poll who’s more popular.
What the actual fuck is wrong with arsenal fans
Miracles? 3rd with United is a failure. They should have been winning leagues with the money, history, fan base they have. Ole is not winning a league so that time is lost for them. 8th season since Fergie retired. Eight lost years. It will be more if they keep an average manager like Ole in charge. He’s still better than current Arteta though.
Ernst
Maybe he finally got his first GF
😂
Probably boyfriend. Might go by the name Mikel.
“The report says that factions have developed in the dressing room due to some of his decisions. One of the decision is the axing of Mesut Ozil and Sokratis from the first team set up this season. It is a decision that he has taken in the best interest of the team, but as they suffer from creativity, the report says some of the club’s players don’t think that he has made the right decision in axing the German. His decisions are being supported by a large group of players, but these players who doubt his decision to axe Ozil… Read more »
This group of millenials needs an experienced cool head to manage them.
Not one of their own.
mistake number one right there….
respectability is something earned. Mike has ummm?
Ole will have man u 2 points back if they win their game in hand
Ridiculous
Even Pedro seems to be coming to his senses about Mike.
Good to see, and its not just Mike, its the entire operation. That is true.
For now, though, its on Mike to get wins, so he is in the hottest seat.
If we can Mike, Bould can take over for a few weeks to get the new coach on board. Like Freddie did.
I cannot see Mike staying longer than Jan…
I think the club figures, lets see who they can grab in the window and see if that helps…
Emery should never been fired, he overachieved his first season and about our level when fired. Emotion got the better of many gooners and decided interloper was witless, even tho he won multiple trophies, and he had to go apparently. Now we pay for our hastiness – had to pay off Emery and his coaches and now we going to have to pay off Arteta and crew for actual incompetence – we couldve bought another player with all cash paying off fired managers. Our next manager has to have similar background as Emery, lots of experience and a few trophies… Read more »
Rookie mistakes Rookie results Axing one of the best midfielders in the world , a World Cup winner . An elite manager finds a way to pamper his best talent and use him as effectively as possible . No one in the current team has the technical ability and vision of Ozil . Players understand that and react to a novice who doesn’t !! Cazorla was the only one even close to Ozil in terms of technical ability in the footballing sense . We need technicians in this team . Right now Auba , Pepe , willian and martinelli are… Read more »
Arsenal at the moment is like have an expensive yatch with the sails ripped to shreds!
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I don’t even expect us to win the league, even In the next 10 seasons, considering our last 10 and the bullshit we have witnessed since Wenger left. But what I do expect is some actual expertise and experience to be able to make decisions that are positive for the club, even if we don’t win the league asap. Hiring Emery was the wrong decision at the time, but hiring Arteta was a serious joke. The decisions that are still being made to this day, as well as the crucial one that has not yet been made, is the reason… Read more »
So… This season is painful. The club has too many players that need to be moved on, for fresh blood to take their place, whether internally promoted or bought. The leadership structure has been less than ideal since Dein left. I’m not convinced that Arteta is not part of the solution. A Campos/Ragnick-type, IF they can present a plan to unlock the potential of Arsenal, would that type of know-how not be more valuable over the short and long term than firing Arteta? Maybe Edu pays a price. Not sure how he escapes criticism and being fired while Arteta takes… Read more »
Marco I agree except for the Auba as a technician. He’s as one dimensional as they come
I am hoping that the break will get Auba and his head straight…
He has logged a lot of frustrating mins…
I also hope Xhaka does not appear in the starting line up again
Xhaka and Bell.
If that happens, nothing will change unless Mike gets fired.
Also who are his assistants? How much can they get in his ear and get him to change this madness? maybe they are all mad?
I add the kroenkes to the punchable faces list
SF,
Xhaka Bell and will
Also we need to bring Marko and bam back with cc back and ql. That would be some proper bantz right there
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Lots of these players have let Wenger & Emery down & they are not getting any younger or better. The Squad was a total mess when Arteta arrived. Its bloated and unbalanced with too many knowing they are out the door soon. Winning the FA cup set the bar too high & papered over the cretins/crators. At the time getting Auba signed up & snatching Willian from Chelski seemed like shrewed business. I think both put in super effort human last season to get hefty final contracts and are now at best coasting. Arteta wants… Read more »
Yeah but at least sacking arteta won’t be such a big deal financially Also do you think Allegri would accept the owner not spending big bucks? He inherits a squad that has talent but is also very dubious with a lot of players who down tools on the frequent Is Allegri going to come in, be just a coach, work on a limited budget and patiently work his way up the table and stay when in the summer we still have limited funds? If he did it would be awesome but I see this turning out where he’s out of… Read more »
My Team selection for Chelsea:
Runnar
Kola Sok Mustafi Bellerin
Ozil Xhaka AMN
Willian Nketiah Pepe
That’s fixed it!
Goober
Auba is a technician in relative terms to others in our team . He is obviously no Bernardo Silva
As far as Ozil . All I am saying is an elite coach would use him in the second half of the season for sure ! In the summer we obviously need to recruit one or two creative technicians for the middle of the field .
China The owner did spend a lot We bought Pepe , big salary to willian and Auba , we bought laca , we bought Xhaka , Mustafi , Gabriel and Partey .. we spent a lot of people and all of these are good players which have been wasted by a novice coach .. manager is now where we need to spend our money !! Yes Allegri will cost $15m .. but it’s worth it ! Maybe he will bring an additional 2-3 players in and motivate others to play at a higher level . Both Pepe and Willian are… Read more »
Marco,
The thing with Ozil now is will he even give a shit?I reckon if played now he’d be worse than Willian and Pepe. The club has done too much to warrant respect. And he also did enough to lose our respect. When he’s gone it will be a blessing fully in the open (aka no disguises haha).
Aussie,
You’re a sick fuck 😂😂😂
China ‘But you also wonder why Gazidis would be so impressed by a watch’ Perhaps it was a limited edition PK or similar/better and maybe Gazidis has a thing for watches; many guys do. Other than my Garmin I have 4 watches 3 of them limited editions – one now an antique over 30 years old that are more for investment than to wear. These days unless I’m out with my wife, I wear a Garmin Felix 6X Pro solar for training and the excellent app that I use to monitor my health/training readings as a general indication. The readings… Read more »
Goober
Yes Ozil will give his best the next few months to make himself marketable once again and land a good contract elsewhere , so why not use him ? He is much better than Xhaka , Elneny or Ceballos .. if nothing else he understands how to win , he has vision and technical ability at the highest level .. let’s use him in the next 6 months .. trust me , it will do us good , but he needs an elite manager he can respect to be motivated not Arteta !!
In fact combination of Ozil with someone like Partey protecting him is potentially world class .. Mourinho would know what to do with it !
Yeah this whole owner doesnt spend is bollocks
Wenger /emery/ fraudteta have all had money to spend
Instead of ozil why not ESR?
A younger, quicker and much more upside?
Ozil has had his day, and chances after chances.
ESR needs chances!
I seriosly loathe how Mike does not trust the kids.
https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/man-utd-allegri-learning-english-former-juventus-boss/1ob6k0pmgn9pc178943rgjqdg3
Allegri learning English as that I am sure will he a topic of interest on LG
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9073639/Arsenal-plan-Mikel-Arteta-funds-save-club-relegation-battle.html
No
Sack him and save the money for the new manager to spend
An experienced ceo is needed. I also dont think you can say Arteta has lost HIS players. How many of them are his? tbf the last 2 games havent been bad if 2 efforts that hit the woodwork go in its 4 points instead of 1 and the confidence starts to return. A poor squad low on confidence, Arteta has made mistakes but thats to be expected. I still thing he will prove himself to be a very good manager. Getting shot would be short term thinking & a mistake imho. You offload the deadwood, bad dressing room characters, get… Read more »
Guns of SF
Yes ESR is perhaps good for future but is not a proven talent to get us out of our difficulties .. I haven’t seen anything amazing from him during his limited exposure . We need an Elite manager who brings the best out of his experienced players for the remainder of the year until we can properly clear out and recruit in the summer . Ozil has the ability to open defenses given proper protection , he can be an asset given the right environment for the remainder of the season .
Sure Arteta is a young manager learning but we need to give him more time another 12 months minimum imho to see what he can really do.
This is The Fucking Arsenal. Not some two bob club from Div 2.
For fuck sakes
“The owner did spend a lot”
That is a misrepresentation.
It sounded like the owners were actively participating in the purchasing decisions. Actually they were just absentee.
The agents and Raul basically spent a boat load of money before the owners came in to intervene. By then we have already committed so much money and Raul was told to go, not long ago I must add.
Please do not start with this narrative that the owners have done their responsible bit.
Blink I am sorry but I disagree . I don’t think Arteta is suited to Arsenal Football Club or any big club for that matter . He makes poor decisions . Arsenal is not here to help his career along . He should be in league one learning his trade first and trying to promote a team . We are an elite club , the 7th biggest and we need a proper manager that players can respect and play for knowing that if they fail with him , their careers will go down ! Look at Bale , only someone… Read more »
Dark Hei,
I see what you mean. But it’s fine if the owner is absentee (to a degree), it’s just we never had anyone in place to spend money wisely and where it was needed. 72m for Pepe is seriously absurd. That is 2 class players we could have got in areas we needed more urgently. Or a winger and another mid we desperately needed instead of Ceballos on loan.
That is just one of many shite decisions the club has made the last decade
Being reported this morning that the management are going to back Arteta in the TW January. Just have to hope this is lip service (Arsenal management are experts in that field having learnt from the masters: Wenger & Gazidis) to Arteta and that the suits are actively looking into Arteta’s & Edu’s replacements now. Obviously we need creative MFs i January; however, if that is left to Arteta to select who he wants, things are just going to get more dire than his horrendous player recruitment thus far. A poster earlier summed up what I have always thought regarding why… Read more »
Blink “Get Arteta another decent creative midfielder & auba back firing and its a TOTALLY different dynamic at the club. Sure Arteta is a young manager learning but we need to give him more time another 12 months minimum imho to see what he can really do.” But Blink this is the problem – Arteta has had the time and resources to address this situation but has chosen not to. Nor has he chosen to develop the talent avaiable to him within the club. This is down to the manager – he coaches the players, selects the team and is… Read more »
I just can not understand why The Arsenal should be used to train up managers with zero experience.
It’s beyond ridiculous
Also Tony, didn’t see you on the other day, but I remember you gave me a shout out for my bizarre rants haha.
Appreciate it mate