Sacking Arteta for a b-lister would be the move. It’s not worth it

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Well, here we go again, friends. Another week of ‘oh please god make it stop’ is heading our way. Manchester City in the EFL followed by Chelsea in the Premier League. Not ideal opponents, but when you are utterly shite, who is it good to play against?

The strategy for the week should probably be focused on giving it our all in the Premier League. Give the cup game to the footballing gods as a sacrificial lamb. Spend time coaching. A big performance and a win against Chelsea sets you up nicely for an ‘easy’ run of games. That is what we need.

Back to the grim story that is the manager’s future.

It’s pretty clear the plan as it stands is to back Mikel Arteta.

If he loses the next 5 games, I’m not sure they’ll be sticking with that idea, but hopefully it won’t get that bad. Not that there are any positives to really point to outside an uptick in xG.

Here’s the reality though. What do you think can be done right now that will give Arsenal the bounce they need?

Firstly, it’s obvious that the entire leadership team is badly off-key. We have three first jobbers trying to resurrect a club that has suffered a decade of failure. We have no footballing expertise on the board. KSE is addicted to bad decisions and staying loyal to the perpetrators. I’ll say it again for those in the back of the room in Delaware… how can you trust anyone that signed off on 32-year-old Willian for 3 years at £250k a week IN A PANDEMIC AFTER GIVING PEOPLE MANDATORY PAYCUTS. That’s a career-ending decision in most lines of work, not at Arsenal.

That last paragraph is there to drive home the reality: You don’t have good people making decisions at Arsenal. Sacking Mikel Arteta right now won’t bring us the joy or solace we need. Why? Because the only managers that are available are the b-listers who can’t get jobs.

Eddie Howe? Get the fuck out of my office.

Roberto Martinez? Red card for the commenter about to type ‘I’ve actually watched a lot of Belgium annnd’

Max Allegri? There’s a reason he hasn’t found a job in over two years. He’s a discipline merchant, supremely arrogant, and he doesn’t have any Premier League experience. He’ll cost a fortune, come with 10 of his staff, and there’s a very slim chance his brand of management will click with this group of players. You can say ‘THAT IS WHAT THEY NEED’… well, look at how the discipline thing is going down with Arteta. Look at how it worked under Emery. I also think the fans would detest his football.

The A-listers aren’t jumping onto this burning fire of a job. Julian Nagelsmann isn’t going to take it. Pochettino is still being paid by Spurs, he won’t take a pay cut to join us, and he’s not going to soil his Spurs legacy to join a club with no infrastructure. Brendan Rodgers ain’t stupid, the job is attractive, but is he going to want to work with this squad with Edu as the guy supporting him? No chance. Even a manager like Hassenhutl (not sure he’s an a-lister), who has always worked with Sporting Directors, might pass on moving midseason if we had the finance to do it.

If you can’t get an A-lister, which is what a club without leadership needs, then all you’ll be left with are managers that will have tools downed on them within 3 months. I am not even sure the idea of a rockstar manager works in 2020… I think all great managers are supported by great teams. The idea that Arteta could do it alone was naive. Now we know that, let’s not think a b-lister is going to turn this around.

Most new managers go through a shitty patch like this in their careers, it’s just usually way out of sight of an elite club. Ralph H had it at Southampton last season, but no one remembers that now he’s fixed it. Jose Mourinho did this at Chelsea in 2015, he lost 9 games, he was fired by December 17th, Rafa took over, then Conte won the league the season after. Top football clubs bin underperforming managers… but we ain’t a top football club.

The power move is a football CEO. You could be PC about it and shift Edu to the side, but it’s clear, he ain’t it by a long shot. Willian on a 3-year deal. Luiz given another year despite dreck performances. Soares on a 4-year deal. Pabo Mari on a perm deal despite keeping Luiz. Announcing signings at his super agents house. At best it’s an extreme conflict of interest, at worst, it’s the decisions of a Techincal Director that has zero creativity or plan to move the club forward. How could he rationalise any of those decisions if you sat down with him at a table? He’d be laughed out of west and north London pubs. You cannot keep faith with that sort of football taste.

We need a ‘been there, done that’ football CEO who can come in and take on the project.

Give whoever it is a remit.

Bonus the fuck out of them.

Tell them they’ll be given 5 years to do things properly with no pressure on them.

If you bring them in at Christmas, let them work with Arteta and Edu until the end of the season. Let them make the decision on their futures. Put the big footballing decisions in the hands of a person that knows the game. That has a track record. That has experience with all the shit we are dealing with.

Vinai should be taking away Mikel’s managerial role right now whatever the path forward is. It has not worked. If he complains, he can always quit. If Edu can’t pick up all of the job, why the fuck are we paying him to be here? Simple fact is Arteta was promoted to pick up the slack of Edu. That is shocking leadership from Vinai. Edu should have gone with Raul.

Arsenal are in a uniquely messy situation right now. Lots of fans will see sacking Arteta as the move to make, I don’t see that as a viable option unless there’s an A-lister lined up. A December hire is not something we should indulge in. I don’t want the top 8 version of Sam Allardyce for the next 3 years. These players need to claw back to midtable so we can make a proper decision in the summer.

I think that’ll be the plan… I’m just not entirely sure Arteta has it in him to move this squad of players into a satisfactory place in the league table. He’s still talking about fine margins. They truly seem to believe a couple of loan moves fix this mess… and hey, maybe an Isco turns it around for us.  I’m just not sure I’m buying it. Feels like a movie I’ve seen before. I feel deeply uncomfortable about Arsenal making more short term signings to prop up a manager that has shown us next to nothing this season.

It bears repeating again. Luis Campos and Ralph Rangnick are both free agents. Both have performed incredible feats of leadership in their careers. Both are still at the elite end of the game. Both would do a great job with this Arsenal mess.

We’ll pass though, won’t we?

See you in the comments.

P.S. Podcast coming later + a striker review you’re gonna love from Mike McDonald.

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Marc

Eduardo

“The likes of Shearer and Carragher aren’t stupid, and he’s setting himself up to be torn apart with stuff like this.”

Actually they are both morons which makes it worse for Arteta – what does being torn to shreds by a moron make Arteta?

Ernest Reed

Well it works for Pedro. He knows Arteta is not suited for purpose but will cling to any form of hope in order to save some face. Hey, who knows, he may even turn things around says wishful thinking. I get it and can appreciate the stance. I also get that Arteta is a terrible manager, the kind that was undeserving of such an opportunity and may or should never get another gig at the top again. This was always going to be a he succeeds or dies in glorious failure opportunity for Arteta. We now know which it is… Read more »

Marc

TYAG

Mate you missed the 97% chance that your better half goes to work on your crown jewels with a bread knife!

Sly

He’s a great communicator tho and speaks English
Critical ingredients for greatness

@Marc

Got no worries their mate, she’s as useless with a knife as Arteta is at managing a football team. She’d more than likely stab herself than me 😄

Sly

Should’ve been excelling but he’s not used to working with second tier players and has never had to face or coach his way through adversity

Ernest Reed

“Are the Kroenkes that stupid?”

They hired Vinai, Edu and Arteta didn’t they?

Ernest Reed

If Arteta is so gent on statistics, the only one that should tell him anything is that 15th place one, you know the one that says your chances of being relegated are factually and significantly higher than you finishing at the top or top 4.

The last throws of a drowning man. Failure may be too good for Arteta.

Ernest Reed

Bent on statistics

Mr.J

Arteta @ today’s press conference: “When you look at the perspective how we are losing football matches and how we are where we are it’s pretty incredible. Last year against Everton we won the game with 25 per cent chance of winning, supported by the stats. We won 3-2. Last weekend it was 67 per cent chance of winning any Premier League in history, and nine percent of losing – and you lose. you lose. 3 per cent against Burnley and you lose, 7 per cent against Spurs and you lose. There is something else apart from that that has… Read more »

South African Gooner

Graham

*****Also, his demeanour is far more calming.******

Eddie Howe is a fabulous young manager.

Performed miracles at Bournemouth. And my golly – we need a miracle worker for the next 24 months or so.

(Just stayed a season too long)

He knows more about ‘the management game’ from his experiences of taking Bournemouth from the bottom division to the top division and keeping them for the most part there- than this current blagger we have has in his little finger,

Howe is players’ manager.

Just out and out snobbery to overlook his immense achievements.

Guns of SF

wtf was that

Calypso

Championship season 2021-22

Arsenal 1 – 3 Brentford

We have every confidence in the manager and the process

Championship Table after 10 games

15th – Luton
16th – Arsenal
17th – Brentford
18th – Cardiff

Batistuta

Man that press conference with those statistics was the most incredibly ridiculous thing I’ve ever read. Bit of a joke he still has a job with such horribly poor results

LithuanianGooner

As strange as it is, Arteta is still Arsenal’s manager.

andy1886

TYAGN:

“There is a 3% chance I’m going to wake up to Megan fox sitting on my face, with a 7% chance to a Rita Ora Megan fox three in a bed. I like these stats bollocks. Can’t wait to wake up in the morning to see if I’m right.”

Or a 100% chance of waking up to Pedro praising Arteta’s Golden Shower of Shite.

Calypso

South Afficsn Gooner
“Performed miracles at Bournemouth. And my golly – we need a miracle worker for the next 24 months or so.”

No we don’t, an able basic football coach is all what we need.

NORG

Calypso – you are assuming Arteta is still in charge (nothing would surprise me) – I wonder what the attendances would be (Covid 19 permitting)?

izzo

Had to unfollow this basketcase of a blogger and supposed Arsenal fan on Twitter and will now have to stop reading the posts and just enjoy the repetitive ramblings and fun in the comments. That’s what this blog has become. We’re in a Jesus take the wheel scenario right now. Can’t have it all I suppose.

Words+on+a+Blog

Quantum Creep,

If all you can do is insult people on here, there’s a 100% chance people like me will tell you to fuck off you cunt.

@QuantumLeap

Supernobs back. You hurting mate, it’s hard when you realise you’ve been speaking bollocks for so long and you’re man crush is fuckjng up so much. You’ll be ok, just make yourself a nice cup of cocoa in you’re Arteta mug and go and snuggle up under you’re Arteta duvet, I’m sure you’re Arteta tissues will wipe those wet eyes. Bless him

Words+on+a+Blog

TYAGN showing that he’s a much nicer and more understanding chap than me.

South African Gooner

Calypso

******No we don’t, an able basic football coach is all what we need.****

I agree with the ‘able’ but disagree with the ‘coach’ part.

We just need an able MANAGER.

Coaching is a myth in England, ( at the top level at least- there aint no time)

Just watch Liverpool play.
or note how Leicester City won the league
or Fergies teams, etc

Globalgunner

Lemme see. How is a B-lister manager not better than a D-lister who has no resume that can be typed on paper?. Only myths and legends that would only be found on the syllabus at Hogarth’s Is seems we are more intent on saving Artetas non reputation than we are about avoiding relegation, I would have suggested that maybe there is a clause in Artetas .contract that allows us to sack him for no penalty if we are in the relegation zone. But with the clowns running this club there is probably no such clause. They didnt think such a… Read more »

@Words

It’s probably the first time he’s had his heartbroken mate, we have to be nice, after all we’ve all been their.

Receding Hairline

The interviewer should have laughed in his face

LithuanianGooner

Before reading Le grove posts, I didn’t quite understand who the hell spin doctors were. Now I understand that much better.

Sly

Any of the bottom table or championship managers would do wonders for us
Anyone who’s actually coached a team before
Really not that complicated

Guns of SF

This lawyer fella needs to tell Stan what relegation means
Second step is to fire Edu and Arteta.
Take Bould to take over until we find a proper DOF and coach.
No more manager BS. that is the kiss of death.

That is what a DOF does…. mostly

Sly

Guns
👍🏼 That’s the solution right there
Bould or even Bould/Per can steady the ship for now
We need some common sense

Receding Hairline

“Aside from the percentage stuff, which was weird, it’s curious how Arteta keeps hammering the point about Arsenal’s problem being conversion as opposed to creativity. The conversion is bad, really bad. But when strikers are feeding off scraps you can see why they’re rusty. Arsenal have scored 4.28 fewer goals than their xG says they should, the fourth worst margin in the division. The only teams with worse chance conversion are Fulham, Brighton and Sheffield United. Partly that is down to who the chances are falling to. Saka has a significantly higher xG than goals scored, he has a higher… Read more »

andy1886

No Quantum of Solace for SuperBob.

It’s a Dr. No from me.

Doublethink

QuantumLeap reveling in arsenals failing.

Sly

LEGO boi will prove to all and sundry that he’s not even a proper coach over the next couple of games

Receding Hairline

“Mikel Arteta says Arsenal have been “unlucky” and that they’ve “dominated games.” Fake news. Opponents are happily allowing them the ball as they just slowly recycle it. They do not create, they do not take on markers, they do not test goalkeepers enough”

Melissa Reddy (The Independent)

They all smell blood now

Guns of SF

I think as Raptora pointed out, the further we fall in the table means more actual $ loss.

If Stan and co want their asset to remain strong, and to also self sustain, they should see this as code red right now.

Will we win games this season? Yes.
Will we move up the table to get top 6? Highly unlikely

Will we lose $? Yep

Is EL our only hope to CL and more $? Seems that way……

The backpass

Saliba removes every related arsenal content from his IG page, thanks Arteta.

Marc

You have to laugh at that twat acting as if he represents the views of the Arsenal fan base whilst backing a useless manager.

Valentin

ARTETA has officially jumped the shark!
He is now considered certifiable by morons pundits.
Arsenal is now car crash entertainment for the media. Other fans don’t find him funny anymore they just pity us.
This is the ultimate insult!
How long before he and us are put out of our misery.

An arrogant clueless tyrannical petty deluded manager has been turned into a complete object of ridicule by his own statement.

NORG

QL is Mrs Soarse – now work than one out.

Globalgunner

There is a proverb in my dialect about some flies loving shit so much they will follow it all the way into the latrine. That’s what lining up with a clearly failing coach is. You end up in a black stinking hole with no way out.

Marc

backpass

Someone at the club must be asking questions about what Arteta is doing.

Rich

Andy1886 “There is a 3% chance I’m going to wake up to Megan fox sitting on my face, with a 7% chance to a Rita Ora Megan fox three in a bed. I like these stats bollocks. Can’t wait to wake up in the morning to see if I’m right.” Those aren’t the worst odds in the world, you’ve got just over a 1 in 33 chance of waking up with Megan Fox And just over a 1 in 14 chance of waking up to a 3 way with Megan Fox and Rita Ora. I wish you all the luck… Read more »

Guns of SF

The scary part is that those stats he threw out were likely pre planned to discuss and rehearsed with someone within the club.

Are we at this point where we need to construct stats to justify bad playing and losing games?

Seems the PR team is on the defend Mike strategy now

Why oh why? Who is this man simply cannot get fired? what is wrong with this club?

Receding Hairline

“Baldy quoting some tart from the independent. Speaks volumes really.”

Not surprised you can boldly call a young lady doing a job a “tart”

Speaks volumes

Tom

RH
Blaming low conversion rate absolves Arteta of any responsibility.
Admitting lack of creativity doesn’t. Especially when you keep paying Ozil to watch games from home.

Any mention of creativity by Arteta would bring on Ozil questions and that’s the last thing he wants.

Doublethink

Why is it always the dumbest cunts with the dumbest takes that talk about the inability of others to think clearly?

Receding Hairline

“Blaming low conversion rate absolves Arteta of any responsibility.
Admitting lack of creativity doesn’t. Especially when you keep paying Ozil to watch games from home.”

Of course Tom, he is arrogant and dishonest not to mention incompetent

I really marvel at how he has charmed a large section of the fan base, seeing through him really isn’t that hard. He is all talk

Marc

FUCK OFF CUNT – NOT INTERESTED

Globalgunner

Not being able to see the league table and make logical deductions is surely a sign of stupidity. We are the 6th worst team in the league and 11 points off the Spuds. Some may say the only way is up. but with Arteta at the helm. dont be so sure.

The backpass

Marc

“backpassSomeone at the club must be asking questions about what Arteta is doing.”

The scary thing is, I don’t think they realize how fucked up we are right now. There is no top team in the world that wouldn’t have sacked their manager after 8 losses in the last 10 matches.

One begin to wonder, if the higher ups believe we are still a top club, we are well and truly fucked.

Guns of SF

Superstupid, Purple Eggplant, Uruguayan chihuahua, and now Quantum creep

LOL!

You seem to be unraveling on a daily basis based on your posts on here.

Your never ending references to penises, balls, spunking and other male anatomy features etc says it all. The folks that talk about that stuff the most are usually the ones most lacking and wanting in those areas.

This is an arsenal blog. Take your interests somewhere else… clearly you are on the wrong website.

Doublethink

The Dunning-Kruger effect anyone?
Quantum tell us again how we dominated in our last 5 games? 😂

Pierre

Of course the city game tomorrow is a no win situation for Arteta , whatever the outcome.. If we win, we will have the usual idiots on here saying that it’s a pointless competition and City fielded their ladies team ..you know , the usual bullshit . If we lose , all hell will be let loose and those very same idiots will slaughter Arteta for being eliminated from a cup competition . So that’s how it works on Le Grove I’m afraid,.. Personally; unlike many on here, I will be disappointed if we lose but I’m hoping that it’s… Read more »

Dissenter

Imagine you were a player listening to Arteta speaking gobble gobble all day long
I think this manager is inundating the players with unworkable tactics and his constant yammering on the side lines has burned lots of players out.

If we do go down, it will be utterly deserved.

Receding Hairline

“If we win, we will have the usual idiots”

For a man supposedly in his 60’s you lack maturity

Globalgunner

Ignore him and hopefully he will go away but I suspect he is having the best time of his life

Pierre

Ton
“Any mention of creativity by Arteta would bring on Ozil questions and that’s the last thing he wants.”

Strangely enough the same could be applied to Le Groaners.
They seem to want to avoid talking about the one player who can lift the side out of this current slump…

They whinge all day about our lack of creativity whilst celebrating not having our STILL most creative player under Arteta…

Nelson

Bad week for the KSE. Rams lost to 0-13 Jets and drops into wild card spot.

Guns of SF

Careful Quantum creep, You might have a coronary! Truly, this blog seems to have done something to your mental health. Never seen anyone talk so much about male anatomy, spunking , etc like you, while defending a lame duck manager. Something not right upstairs clearly. Your fascination with spunking is disgusting. Get help.I would hate to see your keyboard or soggy Arteta posters you have in your bedroom young man. _____ You on the other hand, some super liberal soy boy wanker telling an arsenal fan who follows them up and down the country what to do? You’ve never been… Read more »

Hitman

If a B lister isn’t what’s required (correct) then why did we hire Arteta?
Is he at B list level even. Looks lost. The job is too big for him.

Ernest Reed

Well, there goes the neighbourhood!

On to other things – Pierre, how goes the golf game?

Freddie Ljungberg

Was only a matter of time before supercunt aubergine showed his true colours, he always starts off without the insults but he’s still easy to spot because he’s fucking clueless.

Then after a couple of days he can’t hold back his douchebaggery and the vitriol comes flying out of his gaping hole like bats from a cave and he gets banned for the 2737282th time, rinse and repeat. Yawn…

Wingdings

This cunt QuantumLeap surely must be taking the piss. I mean you’d have to be a really dumb cunt to still back Arteta at this point.

Marc

Freddie

The only problem is Pedro doesn’t spend any time near the comments anymore so I can’t see there being any moderation of the site.

Doublethink

Roberto Di Matteo anyone?

Wingdings

This cunt QuantumLeap thinks Community Shield is a trophy. What an absolute nutcase.

underrated Coq

You gotta feel for Pedro.

Took a daily shit on Emery’s results whilst propping up the Saucy one, who now has us flirting relegation.

Endlessly mocked Emery’s communication skills and media briefings and propped up the Generational one, who is now a butt of all jokes.

What’s left? Dressing sense? Watch this space

Freddie Ljungberg

Marc

Can’t blame him really, I would stay away too if I got this much abuse from 99% of the posters.

bacaryisgod

I can understand what Pedro is trying to say but we’re in a desperate situation right now.

I would suggest the practical middle ground that so often happens. Sack Arteta and Edu and hire a caretaker manager for the rest of the season. In the interim, start recruiting heavily for who we might have even a small chance with over the summer including Rogers, Nagelsmann, Poch and Benitez.

Keeping Arteta in place because there’s no immediate A list replacement is self-defeating.

Words+on+a+Blog

Universal managers tactical advice to their team when playing Arsenal (can be said in a Portuguese, Scottish, Northern, Northern Irish or German accent).

“Lads, let them have the ball…..it’s Arsenal.”

Calypso

Pierre

Beating teams in the Europa league hasn’t helped Arsenal’s form in the Premier league.

Sly

lol even burnley’s XG is ahead of ours

Words+on+a+Blog

We should start a new statistical category for Arteta’s Arsenal: Unexpected Goals (UxG)

Upstate Gooner

One of the reasons I think Arteta still might have his job is because of the next two games we have. Sack him now, and for a new manager/caretaker to lose his opening two games would be a bad look. Sack him after the Chelsea loss (pretty much a given) and we have Brighton, West Brom, CP, and Newcastle in the league after that. All are winnable fixtures IF we have the right person in charge by then. I hope I’m right.

Calypso

Quantum leap
“gums of sf you don’t win 2 trophies if you’re a lame duck manager.How do you explain that?”

Have you not heard of Cup shocks.

Upstate Gooner

QuantumLeap aka Pedro is trolling his own blog. Hysterical.

Calypso

West Ham were in the second division when they beat Arsenal in the 1980 Cup Final

Marc

Upstate

You could be right about Pedro trolling the blog – he can hardly come on here calling everyone giving him grief a cunt.

I still reckon I’ll make Pedro cry by the end of the year.

Guns of SF

the real question is how after the FA cup win did we get to this place? Superstupid etc and others feel its the players who are to blame or the management ( semi true) Mike gets no blame apparently for some on here. Lose a game here and there , sure its the players.. Lose in succession and spiral downward like we have? that is on the manager. You cannot simply believe in bad luck for this amount of losses. its a deflection… excuse making…. If Mike wants to look at stats, just look at our position in the table… Read more »

Freddie Ljungberg

Supercunt

That the best you can do? Replication has weakened you.

Problems I don’t understand? You mean having a clueless, novice manager that can only set up the team to play like underdogs? Only you can’t understand the solution to that. Because you’re special…

Freddie Ljungberg

Oh, and by special I mean retarded. Thought I’d explain that to you since you’re , well, “special”.

Marc

Freddie

He’s very special

Upstate Gooner

Marc
It’s the only possible explanation. I just can’t see anyone else been as thick headed and stubborn as Pedro. He just needs a different moniker, like LipsFirmlyPlantedOnArtetasArse or something.

SpanishDave

Pedro committed big time to Arteta.
Based purely on him being supposedly in the mound of Pep.
It was a blind call as Arteta was just an apprentice nothing more
Pep just buys he doesn’t developed players, and has a history of flipping clubs when he looses interest.
Arteta has tried to copy him and failed so there’s nothing in the locker
This will rumble on for a few weeks until the players give up.

I think this will rumble on for a

Rich

Words+on+a+blog

“Universal managers tactical advice to their team when playing Arsenal (can be said in a Portuguese, Scottish, Northern, Northern Irish or German accent).“Lads, let them have the ball…..it’s Arsenal.”

This is it, Rodgers showed what the blueprint was for beating us, in the second half of our league meeting against Leicester

Since then we’ve seen Villa, Wolves, Spurs, Burnley and Everton, all pull a similar trick.

And as of yet, we’ve not really found at solutions to that problem, the more we have the ball, the less dangerous we are, and the more dangerous our opponent becomes.

EdTheRed

Taking piss out of Eddie Howe in order to defend Arteta, the man who kept team with 10 000 gate in Premiership for 4 seasons while playing decent football, just stinks of desperation.

Slaven Bilic is available.

raptora

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/12169259/mikel-arteta-arsenal-boss-says-players-are-hurting-but-insists-atmosphere-is-good-after-latest-defeat

Scandalous interview.

Look at his face when he is explaining this jibberish. Maybe Joe, Marc and China could help decipher that Shyriiwook.

Freddie Ljungberg

Supercunt

Oh no, my self esteem really took a hit there, being told I’m nothing by the winner in life that has been banned 14 times from a football blog but keeps coming back spewing more erratic nonsense than a Trump tweet-athon.

What a fucking idiot

Graham

But the more our % chance of winning the game goes up Rich. I reckon against Man City we will have -6 percent chance of losing

andy1886

Bloody Burnley hot on our tail. Let’s hope the Dyche sauce is weak.

Upstate Gooner

My fucking 6 year old could have us in 15th for fuck sakes.

Snowkid, show your kid some respect, for sure he’d have us at least in the upper half of the table.

TR7

Some of you need to tone down your millitant behavior, coming down hard on anyone who has a different view from the general consensus on here (including Pedro who has built a great platform for us Arsenal fans to converse). It’s funny how some of you pretend to be great pro people and pro democracy warriors when it comes to politics but can’t digest a different stand from fellow Arsenal fans on the club manager.

Globalgunner

Burnley giving Wolves a bit of a mauling now 2-0. They will have us for breakfast next time we play them

Doublethink

According to the enlightened Quantum we dominated in our last 5 games but the XG in the saints was Arsenal 0.66 v Southampton 1.11. Either he doesn’t understand what dominated means or he gets his stats from the same place as Arteta.

South African Gooner

In The Red ***Taking piss out of Eddie Howe in order to defend Arteta, the man who kept team with 10 000 gate in Premiership for 4 seasons while playing decent football, just stinks of desperation.**** I concur, Out and out Snobbery. If Eddie H was born in Valencia and spoke exotic bullshite at every press conference- the Luvvies would be swooning all over him. Arteta could be a manager for 30 years, he will never come close to the miracles Howe achieved at Bournemouth. Took over when they were 92nd in the league- and took Bournemouth all the way… Read more »

GoonGoonerGone

Arteta propagating his statsteta.
He should just rather take a leaf out of Wengersauras’ book and say: “We are playing with the handbrakes on.”
That will silence all these pesky journalists.

Guns of SF

TR7

I dont care if others have a different opinion, but some come on here to insult and demean on a regular basis.

You know who I am taking about….

People just dont sit back and take it… you get flamed, you reply.

bacaryisgod

Why can’t the Kroenkes just understand one basic problem that sums up the whole mess we’re in with Arteta and Edu? Just look at the Centre Backs!!! Liverpool: Van Dijk, Gomez, Matip, Phillips, Williams, Van Den Berg Man United: Lindelof, Bailly, Jones, Maguire, Tuanzebe, Mengi Man City: Stones, Ake, Laporte, Diaz, Garcia, Sandler Tottenham: Alderweireld, Dier, Sanchez, Rodon, Tanganga, All pretty consistent. Most of them have 6 CBs in their squad and Spurs have just 5. Now look at us: Luiz, Mustafi, Holding, Chambers, Sokratis, Gabriel, Saliba, Mari That’s 8 CBs and of course it has meant us benching 2… Read more »

MD-Gunner

Looks like Burnley will pick up 3 points against Wolves which means Arsenal will be 1 point ahead of Burnley, 2 points ahead of Brighton and 4 points ahead of Fulham in the relegation drop if this holds. Anyone still thinking Arsenal will not be in a relegation fight?