There are many things Mikel needs right now, but oddly, the most important staffer he lacks might be a PR person
THE BRIEF:
- Event: The Carling Cup. Not important.
- The moment: Very important.
- The strategy: Do something different.
- Things to understand: Arsenal play Chelsea on Sunday.
- The Execution: Use a trophy no one cares about to focus attention on something the fans care about.
The DON’T DO list:
- Play the bums that let you down over and over
- Ignore Saliba
- Put the most promising kids on the bench
- Play outrageously average players and pray they do some good
Mikel Arteta absolutely fucked a huge moment in his career by leaning into players that have shamed the club consistently over the last 8 years.
The obvious approach to the City game was: Accept you will lose. Play the kids. Focus fan attention on the Chelsea game.
He didn’t do that. He invested in a shite starting 11. He leaned on bums that have 6 months on their deals. He ignored Saliba, again. He raised a middle finger to the kids.
I have been a big fan of Mikel.
Ignore everything else you read. The Spaniard has a tremendous rep in the Premier League. Dave from Thurrock might have an opinion on his coaching merits, but the reality is, you need to ignore his proclamations of what ‘elite’ is because let’s be real, Dave has struggled to do anything in his life that comes close to the word…
Problem is, Mikel is letting these people own him. They are right about his shitty season. As it stands. Mikel and Edu should lose their jobs. That is not extremism. That’s just straight up facts.
Reality is, Vinai should also be fired. The only reason he’s not getting shit-canned is he has one more chance to make a better decision.
THE BIG CHANGE
There’s only one move that matters right now: Arsenal hire Ralf Rangnick
Ignore the fact this view is coming from me. I have made a bet that went wrong. But I’m just a writer. I suggested a coach that would change Arsenal. That coach came in, won a trophy, then landed a promotion. It went to shit for a number of reasons. I would not have supported the decisions that fucked him.
However, I accept it’s probably gone too far to save now.
Ralf is my suggestion because he makes sense on too many levels.
Firstly, I know people in the game that tell me he’s desperate to bring his vision to the Premier League.
Secondly, he has a soft spot for Arsenal.
Sometimes the most obvious decisions seem like the weakest.
Not in this one.
Ralf Rangnick is the most qualified person in the world the take on the Arsenal mess.
Edu is a joke. All the leakers Arteta is trying to destroy have been telling me that Edu is AVG since he joined. He’s too focused on things he’s not good at. He hides. He’s just a pretty man in a very white shirt. There’s no fucking plan.
Vinai believes in him.
What does he know?
Let’s look at Edu and some of the decisions he’s been part of:
David Luiz: £200k p.w THEN 1 more year after being shite
Pablo Mari: We barely use him. He was signed on a perm deal after we offered David Luiz a year two.
Cedric Soares: Southampton thought he was going to a lower div club. We gave him about £90k a week for 4 years. He’s nearly 30. He is 3rd choice. How did this happen?
Willian: Chelsea made him an offer of £120k p.w. Player said he didn’t want to leave England. He was captive. We offered to double his salary. We added an extra year to his deal. WINGERS ARE ABOUT PACE. THEY DECLINE AFTER 29. Who sanctioned this? Footballistically, how? Business-wise, how? The BACK DROP WAS OZIL in his final year.
What did all these players have in common?
The same super-agent Edu has… Kia.
Conflict of interest? Yes.
Lack of creativity from Edu? Yes.
FUCKING EMBARRASSING. Yes.
Endorsed by Mikel? Yes.
Edu has terrible taste… Mikel seems to be on the same page.
Why am I bringing this up right now?
Well, Rúnarsson is a byproduct of having a shite Technical Director.
Emi Martinez was a standout player last season. He commanded his box. He was an elite shot-stopper. He was a fucking beast. We bombed him off. Mikel and his staff didn’t want to keep a player that didn’t have a data-set larger than 15 games.
Who did they sign to replace him?
The worst shot-stopper in Ligue 1. The worst keeping xG in France. BUT, he could kick.
Le Grove had reports in week one of Rúnarsson being at the club that he was utterly shite. The keeping coach, who I hear many struggle with, endorsed him.
Arteta knew he was shite. Why did he play him against City? He was a disaster. Leno didn’t need a rest. There was no reason to start a player the coaching staff knew was a joke.
It was a SHOCKING decision, again.
Before Mikel took the job at Arsenal I was told he was a bit of a shit as a person. Very vindictive apparently. I assumed that was because he struggled with fitness in the last year of his career. I assumed he would become a better person.
The dismissal of William Saliba from the squad looks like he’s just being mean.
Mike Arteta is happy to give the 17th worst shot-stopper in Ligue 1 a chance in another game, but he won’t play Saliba over the mistake terrorist that is Mustafi.
Saliba might be shit. He might be broken physically. But can you really tell me he’s less likely than Musfafi to make mistakes? A player who has been criming on the football pitch for 10 years? A guy who is out of Arsenal in 6 months.
Another story? Apparently, Kola, a player on 120k a week, is meek. He’s a known bottle-job. The club know he can’t play big games because he’s scared. How is he landing minutes?
Why is Balogun on the bench when we are trying to woo him? He ran the channels when he came on. He looked… a threat.
Why is ESR not starting when he looks better than Laca even against City? He created a chance immediately. He has energy, legs, and movement. Wouldn’t you prefer to see him over Lacazette?
How do we have a young manager willing to die on the same hill Emery and Wenger did?
Vinai thinks his strength comes from ignoring reality. He truly believes his shitty Deloitte three-phased approach will save him. It won’t.
True power is realising you are in a hole.
Making monster decisions when your back is against the wall is what defines proper leadership. Recognising the big move is hiring the person most suited in world football to solve your massive problems might seem basic, but that’s the job.
Vinai, is about to show himself up as an amateur by pretending the right decision is to back someone he knows is shite.
He promoted Arteta because, in my opinion, he doesn’t believe in Edu. However, he’s backing what is most comfortable for him personally because he learned under a self-preservationist who had Wenger to hide behind for 10 years. Wenger was different. He could be average and survive in a league of 4. Edu and Mikel won’t.
What he should do? Hire Ralf Rangnick.
This move works on two levels.
Firstly, I hear Ralf is desperate to try his brand of football in the Premier League. Not only that, I hear he very much likes Arsenal.
He is available.
He would take the job.
We need to move fast because the Fenway Group is setting up a company called RedBall. Billy B is joining. They are trying to be the first floated sports entity that finds value in sport. My assumption is they are offering him a big deal.
How to use Ralf
The beauty of hiring him is as #1 is you can fire Mikel and let Ralf coach.
Mikel deserves to be sacked right now. However, he’s potentially a great long-term. Ralf raised Hassenhutl and Nagelsmann. If he thinks Mikel is shite, he’ll fire him and bring in someone elite when he understands what is going on.
What we avoid
If you bring in Ralf, what you avoid is hiring a bum like Roberto Martinez. You get a Sporting Director that can be a manager. You hire a visionary. You get some ‘been there, done that.’
Whatever happens, you move forward.
The problem we have right now is we’re running hard with Vinai, who doesn’t have a clue.
He doesn’t see the opportunity with Rangnick, because he doesn’t see the failure of Edu.
He’s a Deloitte Consultant that knows Big Oil better than football.
We need someone in charge who recognizes when an idea has failed…
Arteta, right now, has failed.
It is very rare you can escape a poor decision with a visionary.
There are three on the market.
- Luis Campos.
- Paul Mitchell.
- Ralf Rangnick.
The German has always been my preferred choice. He’s a football CEO. He’s done it over and over again. We need to move fast, otherwise, he’ll be snapped up.
Edu is a bum. Fire him. He’ll never be elite. Vinai, ask your staff if you don’t believe me, OR, look at the shocking decisions Raul’s guy has made with our money.
Beating Chelsea 5-0 on Sunday won’t change anything. 10 wins in a row won’t make Edu the right choice. We are in bad shape however the short-term shapes up.
I read a thing I liked.
‘When is the best time to plant a tree?’
’20 years ago’
Same could be said of football.
‘The best time to hire a football CEO?’
‘2 seasons ago.’
We need to be bold, we need to hire the best in the business, that’s Ralf. I hope we don’t blow it.
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What, you want MORE content? Check out the podcast I recorded with Alex and @iJohnnyCochrane (his How’s Your Father podcast is here). We had a tough chat about the ramifications of moving on Mikel Arteta. It’s a tussle of strong opinions in a difficult episode. ENJOY!
Alexaanderhenry
Don’t you think it’s arrogant to assume that Arsenal will survive relegation no matter what?
You’re assuming that we can dither on sacking Arteta because we can turn the switch back on anytime.
Have you considered that there may come a time when we have waited too late?
The relegation battle churns our a very negative vibe of emotions and energy , we don’t have the personalities for that ‘
Better to move quickly and decisively. The joke is on Arsenal now.
He ignored Saliba, again.
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Pedro
He can’t play for us until after January 1st and then only if he’s in the squad just like Ozil and Sokratis.
In further news Dick Emery ain’t so awful-
his Villarreal team are now a club-record 19 games unbeaten in all competitions.
Captain T
********Klopp once said Rangnick is the best coach he had seen ( something along that lines, dont remember properly)*******
And only weeks ago , Klopp was saying Arteta was one of the best coaches in the world.
Dont fall for it again Captain.
Red Bull Ralph!
Do me a favor.
Dissenter
‘Don’t you think it’s arrogant to assume that Arsenal will survive relegation no matter what?’
Yes, I do but that’s not my opinion.
The lack of leadership and purpose at arsenal is so profound at the moment, I think it’s unlikely the powers that be will do anything about anything this season.
It’s as if they don’t understand the concept of relegation. They seem to think arsenal can just muddle along or lie fallow like clubs in american sports.
Yes Dissenter spot on – Pedro will never recover from this
And yes Danny not for the first time Pedro does not even know the day The team he claims to follow are playing
Basic 1st grade mistake – hardly surprising he backed a manger who makes basic 1 st grade mistakes also
Let’s be honest Le Grove is the blog the club deserves.
I bet the academy team goal keepers couldn’t have done a worse job than Runnarson last night
It was obvious he was utterly tripe if you reviewed the publicly available stats about his time in Dijon. Yet Arteta was happy to delegate the task of recruitment to his goal keeping coach.
Dijon must have been unbelievably ecstatic when we approached them for Runnar, same way Southampton couldn’t believe their luck about Soares.
Arsenal is a gravy train express. We tgoroundeserve to go down That will just be a perfect ending for these litany of errors.
Arsenal needs to discover it’s ethos. This hiring average players as management or coaching or whatever is just stupid.
Paul Mitchell is at Monaco now mate. Took the role in the summer
William Saliba treatment by our once great club is truly awful, we once were a club of class now we are an embarrassment and I am ashamed to be an Arsenal fan
Dammit! Did anybody notice when Pedro hung out in the ‘Depression’ zone of the stages of grief. The last time I checked, he was furiously ‘bargainig ‘ with the players’ careers and suddenly he is now at the ‘acceptance’ stage.
Whatever. I’m glad we have good old Pedro back. Let’s gather the pitchforks and line up behind LE Boss Pedro. We gonna lay siege on Artetaville until every single brick is crushed to dust.
I always said that arteta needed to get brave enough to play attacking football if he was going to survive this job, instead he doubled down on the park the bus bollocks.
Our squad is designed to play attacking football, not park the bus, forget if I’ll stand for it, the players certainly won’t be inspired by it.
Never saw it going this bad if he didn’t change his tactical outlook, but yeah, it’s gone sideways big time.
It’s so disheartening to hear Pep repeatedly defend his mentee and personal friend. Arsenal is secondary to Pep< it’s all about defending his buddy. Arteta should be fired in a very public way just for emphasis because he is that bad. He is incapable of learning from mistakes and has a few screw loose, he is a very flawed individual You would think he learned from the Partey mistake, but no he was willing to trust the word of an overly eager 19 year old who is desperate to prove himself. People say the club needs to support Arteta but… Read more »
Just want to point out that u21 players don’t have to be registered to play domestically.
So Saliba could already be playing without having to be registered.
The way arteta is handling that kid is, itself, sackable.
What a mess. Another defeat, useless Edu, minnow Vinai, civil war in the dressing room. But I admit to a touch of schadenfreude, a warm glow of satisfaction, when I think of the absentee owner. However bad things are for us, the fan, they are far, far worse for Stan the man. Serves him right! How much did he pay Usmanov for 30% of AFC? £500 million? That valued the Club at close to £1.7 billion. What is it worth now, including the debt-load? Somewhere close to nothing, I guess. Of course, right now most Clubs have financial woes. Hence… Read more »
the man is desperate flogging injured players to death to save himself and then they are out for months i mean Martinelli has only played 25 minutes of football receives a knock so take him off and let him recover but oh know not in Arteta’s world .pushing Partey back on when injured playing that joke of a keeper you couldn’t make it up if you tried , you could call Arteta a comedy but unfortunately he is more of a horror show
Yup.
Finally.
He is a favourite for a lot of people, so naturally we won’t get him.
It’s a shame, we’re stupidly slow to react, have been for decades.
If Vinai is truly this inept and is the reason Arteta hasn’t been sacked yet, then I seriously doubt he’s heard of Ragnick.
“…over the mistake terrorist that is Mustafi.” Are you fucking kidding me? Using dog whistle tactics on your blog now? Our only Muslim defender and he is described as a terrorist? I do not believe in woke culture or the movement, but I know when fucktards start using language like this they have lost the plot and the argument. Yes, Mustafi is a shit defender for us and should have been binned, but he was not. That is not his call or his fault. No-one wanted him so we could not sell him. Arteta is the problem for continuing to… Read more »
Think it’s best we turn off our television’s until big changes have been made, this is no good for grover’s mental health, though some maybe may have passed the point of no return.
You’d think that the Chelsea game is make or break for Arteta. If we get thumped it must be all over. Dysfunctional though Arsenal are surely moves will be going on behind the scenes to sound out who might be available to take over. The longer they leave it the less attractive the job becomes.
The hate for Runnar is deplorable but t]so,long as the anger is restrained, then I understand it.
People considered Martinez as one of their own, just saw a bit of themselves in him.
The man toiled at a club for 10 years and grabs his chance when it came to him. Next thing, he’s shipped out [for whatever reason] and an unqualified keeper takes his place.
It’s more displaced anger. The CEO, technical director , manager and goal keeping coach aren’t social media available so they take it out on the little guy who is on Twitter.
Marc Faber
Fuck off. The terrorist bit obviously has fuck all to do with him being Muslim. Did anyone even know he was Muslim?
I hate the term but duck this snowflake culture of having to get offended by everything. It was a term to describe his football, not his religion. Fuck off.
englandsbest
So now you’re worrying about the European super league?
Didn’t you think of that when you were championing keeping a failed manager who’s pushed your club to the edge of the precipice
Arteta…He’ll turn it around…He’ll turn it around [clap, clap]
Arteta…He’ll turn it around…He’ll turn it around [clap, clap]
Arteta…He’ll turn it around…He’ll turn it around [clap, clap]
Best for Runnarson to find himself a nice little loan deal for a few years, think he will be feeling pretty shit today
wrong on Arteta.
Anyone up for Thomas Frank and bringing Josh da Silva with him?
Remember when Arsene used to make excuses after excuse like grass wasn’t right, weather wasn’t good etc?
Now Pedro seems to have reached that levels LOL
Everybody Board , Vinai, Raul, Emery, Wenger, Assistants and now Edu
Yet Bumteta gets a free pass.
Something is terribly wrong with you mate.
Ralf should replace Edu asap though
But the elephant in room should be fired asap too
Agree Bard but I think Arteta (and Edu) should be sacked before the Chelsea game. We have zero chance of getting anything from that game with Mr Arrogant idiot on the helm. Another heavy defeat will make it even harder to avoid relegation
Guys Pedro is a great guy he just backed the wrong horse. This is the best Arsenal blog on the internet and it’s because of Pedro ( and you lot too). You can tear into pricks like supernob/quantum creep but go easy on Pedro. I remember seeing Nketiah come off bench and scoring that goal on his debut and I thought he looked good, I was wrong too. We can all make mistakes, except obviously supernob/ quantum creep because he’s just perfect at everything
Let’s not get into this elitist shit again, we are all Dave from Thurrock Pedro, if only elite football people were allowed opinions it would be a very niche market now wouldn’t it?
Otherwise good post.
Mikel Arteta: “ He (Martinelli) was pushing, he was saying he was completely fine, that he wanted to carry on. He had a scar that wasn’t open and he wanted to try, so we gave him the opportunity to try and when he was on the pitch he was uncomfortable so it was an easy decision to take him off.‘ He is incapable of learning from his mistakes, isn’t he. A proper manager knows when to not trust a 19 year old returning from long term injury who’s desperate to prove himself and earn a place in the team fighting… Read more »
Yeah it’s very disingenuous, Pedro, to suddenly come out with this admission of Arteta as vindictive and a control freak. One of the key capabilities of a manager in the modern era is that he can deal with different personality types, be fair and even handed and loyal to his players. Arteta has alienated half his squad, including several of our better players, and the lack of cohesion, loyalty and morale team is evident in our results. The guy is an obvious cunt, and his arrogant attitude has misled many (I am one) into thinking it is confidence and capability.… Read more »
What I don’t understand is if it was well known that Arteta’s personality is a shit stain on humanity then why did anyone think he could ever manage full stop. How does someone who’s arrogant, vindictive and an arselicker get to be considered for the job?! Pedro why on earth were you singing his praises when you knew he was a fundamentally flawed human being? Yes a lot of the players are crap but imagine having to put up with all of this rotten decision making day in and day out. Just get bloody rid of him before he does… Read more »
Who here really thinks Vinai is spending his evenings trying to get through to Ragnick on the phone to gauge his interest in a role at the club…?
Id love someone like Rangnick to come in and sort the mess out but I have ABSOLUTELY ZERO FAITH in the owner or the board to address the issues at the club. If they did it would mean they would have to admit they fucked up and dont know what theyre doing – never gonna happen for a bunch of egotists.
I totally agree they certainly should (Arteta needs experienced help that he does not have right now) but we all know that they won’t.
It’s just a pipe dream.
I’m not sure what the answer is right now to change the decision making at the Club , although the prospect of relegation will hopefully be galvanising the thought processes of the Kroenke’s right now. Arenal are a long way from being in their ultimate European Super League dream.
@Redline
Unfortunately arselickers are genuinely first to be promoted before the higher ups realise how shit they actually are
Dissenter
You want Arteta gone: boo, boo
I want Arteta to stay: cheer, cheer
TYAG
Sadly you’re totally right there, the club seem to like those types too as they tow the company line.
Just listening to the podcast Pedro and you are spot on. I was waiting for someone to say it Arteta is not facilitating the best attributes of our attacking players Popping crosses in is no good for our strikers Quick to interchanges around the box or early and direct counter attacks is what we need You need to feed Pepe and Aubameyang early. You need someone with vision and execution to find them Even xakha doesnt pass forward any more so he’s noe a total liability. It’s no coincidence we don’t counter without Martinez too He was crucial in releasing… Read more »
Emery’s record was decent, the idea he was some novice who didn’t know what he was doing, holds up to no real scrutiny. He struggled with the language, and clear communication is essential when you’re trying to relay vital information But his record at Lorca, Almeria, Valencia and Sevilla was excellent, he won 7 trophies in 2 seasons in Paris. He may have lost the title to Monaco, but that Monaco side got to the CL semi finals that season, knocking out Pep Guardiola’s City on route, were a whisker away from getting to the final, and had a generational… Read more »
englandsbest
“I want Arteta to stay: cheer, cheer”
You want us to be included in the European super league too?
Spot the irony?
Pedro, you dont know if Mikel will be great longterm. His taste in players is shocking. What I wont hold against him is our big money signings are good. But other than that he has been horrible at seeing talent. And that doesnt materialize to a good coach. You just dont want to admit it fully. He has been poor and he might be poor in the future. That is what you are scared to admit to yourself. Idont know if Rangnick can turn it around either. What I know for sure is we need to kick out the bum… Read more »
The worrying sign for me is there are zero murmurs that Arteta’s job is under threat. No targets of having to get wins and fast.
The players don’t like him, the fans don’t like him and the board have no competence to make sound decisions.
This is childs play in relation to how ugly things will get if a decision isn’t made fast.
Our problems are over – the mighty Xhaka will return on Saturday and as we will be trounced by Chealsea 6-0 Arteta’s excuse will be he is rusty from his unfortunate ban.
An Arsenal pragmatic approach to this is shift Vinai and Edu sideways – Eds to contracts and talent spotting (Martinelli, Partey and Gabriel deals supporting this). Let him keep title if feasible and Vinai can go back to a commercials merchant, again, with some form of respectable title.
Thereafter bring in Ragnick as CEO or whatever other respective title to suss things out and get things more in line with football philosophy from there on whatever else needs doing 🤞
Imagine having no managerial experience of any sort and then being gifted an Arsenal job and thinking you know it all? That right there was the first sign of his delusion and entitledness not to mention deep character flaw. Then we get onto the unnecessarily harsh man management to A FEW select young players whilst exonerating senior players who should know better. The man has made a catalogue of errors, we’ve been horrible as ever this season and his arrogance knows no bounds. Even if we get a win in the coming games, whose to say we can do that… Read more »
How does Arteta measure up as a manager? My criteria, so I’ve probably missed some:
1) coaching: poor
2) pre game tactics: poor
3) in game decision making: very poor
4) player purchase and resource utilisation: poor
5) flexibility and adaptability: very poor
6) man management and motivation: very poor
7) PR and communication: good
8) managing up and career management: good
9) overall judgement: poor to very poor
10) control and discipline: poor
F365: “They’re an absolute mess of a side, there is no evidence of coaching. There is no defensive cohesion, and the attacks remain predictable and pedestrian. They have a lopsided and bloated squad and this is becoming a dysfunctional football club from top to bottom.” Not a lot to add that damning verdict, especially the telling point that there is zero evidence of coaching. It clearly can’t go on much longer, my guess will be January is the deadline. I would love Rangnick, give him the keys to the club, but have no expectation that such a visionary move would… Read more »
The fucked up thing is if Arteta hadn’t sold Martinez, he would’ve kept him as no.2 and he would’ve played last night!
Can Pedro sack Pedro? This blog is becoming a joke. All this is proving to be an impotent smokescreen. A real blogger with some balls will straight away call out Artetas bluff and demand that he be SACKed (see what I did there)….Arteta OUT!!!!
I forgot Xhaka is back for chelsea until some one mentioned it. Watch this. He will be brought in straight in to the line up. I hope chelsea will be as poor as they have been recently or It will be depressing again.
Left side, it took us over a decade to move on the diminishing Wenger situation. I wonder if we need to wake for Stan’s next cryogenic wake cycle to act on an obviously fatally holed Arteta.
Leftside
“Even if we get a win in the coming games, whose to say we can do that consistently under this manager and his support staff.”
Strugging sides pick up points occasionally even some wins on occasions but they never go on a sustained run.
No-one is going to be thinking Arteta is again this great prospect because of one solitary win somewhere.
Three EPL wins on the trot then those that think he is a dead duck may get a little interested in him again.
Moray,
Well this is why the threat of relegation is very real, as I don’t expect the club to do anything to arrest the slide, until it is far far too late.
@Danny+S
Just because you are ignorant on the issue does not mean everyone is, i.e. I assert Pedro knew.
However, if Pedro states he was unaware and the term was unintentionally used, I will apologise. Until then I stand by my statement.
Ish
“Three EPL wins on the trot then those that think he is a dead duck may get a little interested in him again.”
That’s the thing, in our current form – putting together a couple of wins is as farfetched as it comes.
Maybe just maybe Josh has told Vinai to tell Edu to tell the tea lady to tell Arteta to sod off…..but nobody realises that she was sacked a few months back so he’s still turning up for work everyday, stinking the joint out.
“The dismissal of William Saliba from the squad looks like he’s just being mean.”
let’s not forget this is a young players who has lost both his parents and moved to a new country and is desperate to play. what does arteta do? treat him like a piece of garbage. disgraceful man management.
Good post, Pedro.
Arteta is having a Groundhog’s day type scenario. In his version he’s stuck in a Mourinho 3rd season with no one having the guts to fire him.
does anyone know if xhaka has apologised yet for his red card?
pepe and gabrielle both did immediately
Leftside
“That’s the thing, in our current form – putting together a couple of wins is as farfetched as it comes.”
That’s what he needs to do though to get the fans back on his side or at least doubt him a little less.
Solitary wins here and there are no good. As said before lower reach EPL sides get a few wins here and there during the season.
The run he is on is so bad that you will actually get fans celebrating a win like never before.
MarcF – anyobe who didn’t know that Mustafi is a muslim hasn’t been paying attention for the last four or five years. Of course Pedro knew that. I don’t think that the connection was intentional but then again Pedro seems to be away with the fairies right now.
Guys, has anyone seen Saliba play yet. Is there a chance we have bought a dud? We do have a habit of this lately!
Arsenal fans go absolutely apeshit because Mikel Arteta actually manages to win a football match.
Who would have thought it would come to that.
Bertfish, don’t know about Saliba but reports on Mari and pretty poor. And he was an Arteta signing.
The sack list
Arteta
Goalkeeping coach
Edu
Vinai
The Krankies
75% of the playing squad
Christ on a fucking bike we are in deep shite!
I reckon after we lose on Saturday, Tim Lewis will recommend to the Kroenke’s to sack Arteta and bring in a new manager for the January window, hopefully Edu fucks off too. If this doesn’t happen it’ll be interesting to see if Arteta gets any money for the window, I mean he obviously can’t be trusted.
Tim Lewis sees the league table just like we do and must realize that if we keep on losing we’ll be in that 3rd relegation spot very soon.
Bertfish
‘ Guys, has anyone seen Saliba play yet. Is there a chance we have bought a dud? We do have a habit of this lately!‘
A dud who was playing in Ligue Un at the age of 18 years?
A dud who earned an invite to the French U-21s at the age of 18 years?
A dud who was ahead of Fofana at St Etienne, the lesser player is doing well at Leicester.
More like we got a power hungry rookie manager who has no eye for talent. He offered Mustafi an extension, didn’t he?
Andy
Mari..
Yeah we really needed another sloth like centre half to add to the 32 we already had. Shocking once again…
You are preaching to the converted and appealing to Venai the “turkey” who would get the chop if Thanksgiving (Rangnick) was introduced. You need to get the message to the lord of the manor…..
“The Spaniard has a tremendous rep in the Premier League.” another Pep quote?
Exactly, turns like an oil tanker. Perfect for the PL. Not.
Danny
I hope your reckonings are true
The problem is that Edu and Vinai’s jobs will be untenable as well because the took the Arteta project to the Kroenkes
I fear that self preservation will make these characters hang unto Arteta until it’s too late to reverse the decline.
Tremendously poor rep I think was the correct version.
Unless taking a side with the fifth largest budget and third biggest spender over the last five years from eighth down to fifteenth is ‘tremendous’ work.
BTW I wouldn’t take any notice of Pep, he’d be awful for Arsenal and for any other side where he couldn’t just keep spending hundreds of millions until he got it right.
The fact that no other European club would give Mari a contract should have been food for thought, enough to do more due diligence.
He does on loan and barely makes 100 mins… then gets a 4 year contract.
Our badge would be changed to a waterfalls of gravy
I think the Arteta axe falls after our upcoming Chelsea defeat at the weekend. The penny must be dropping; yes, we are a long term fix job, but no, Arteta hasn’t shown any sign that he has put us in that path or knows how to do so.
The only question is, how prepared are we for this to happen? Does Bould or the BFG get the interim gig? Who is going to be making the decisions, as the whole leadership team have dirty fingernails.
We are on an endless losing streak, so it doesn’t matter too much.
“He does on loan and barely makes 100 mins… then gets a 4 year contract.”
Could we translate this into Latin and make it our new club motto?
Some on her act like absolute spoilt children. Most of the time all people do on here is spouting vile bullshit without offering any kind of potential solution. Also, the personal insults towards other Arsenal fans is just crazy. You are part of the problem at Arsenal. It’s a fair to give a bit of criticism when things are fucked or someone is massively under performing, but there’s a line somewhere and most on here crosses that line daily. Arteta was the wrong hire at the wrong time it seems, and Pedro (and many others) got that one wrong. So?… Read more »
Dissenter
That was before Tim Lewis showed up. I’m not saying he’s the 2nd coming or anything like that but we can only hope.
@Andy1886
Spot on about Pep, a good manager but he is overrated , a little bit like our manager lol. When pep wins things at clubs with no money I’ll then say he’s world class. Just my opinion but management is a lot easier when you have cash to burn
That’s should read that “ “He comes on loan and barely makes 100 mins… then gets a 4 year contract.”
Pablo Mari; ‘ “I go with Mikel until the end of the world. He just needs time. Soccer is not always rosy. I am happy because, despite the situation, we are united.”’
Of course, he got you a 4 year seat on the Arsenal gravy train.
My word. All this shit going on an people decide to pick up on Pedro calling Mustafi a mistake terrorist, which was clearly no reference to him being Muslim. It didn’t even cross my mind and the only one’s who found the connection were the ones looking for it.
Fucking embarassing.
Dissenter
No, I want Kroenke gone: cheer, cheer
matt
there is a lot of woke american pansies on this blog. the type that are listed as cis male in their LinkedIn profiles. dissenter being one of the main culprits.
Here are my few words about Arteta; – He is a good talker. He is more suitable to work for a political leader. – He lives in his own fantasy world. He still didn’t understand why his team lost to SPUDs and Leicester City while the world football world watching him fell into the trap. – He is an authoritarian, ignoring player’s health and player’s feeling. – He has ideas but most of them are stupid. – He believed in himself but his skill and his knowledge of man management and coaching are still very poor. He didn’t even believe… Read more »
London
Anyone who has been reading the blog for any amount of time would know there was no intention in what Pedro said.
If wokeness starts to creep into here as well then god help us!!
Have a look at Schalke to see Arsenal’s future should we not make the necessary changes.
London gunner
Yea, the Trump-loving Jermy Corby voter is calling me out for nothing. Talk about a lost soul. How do you go from one extreme to the other in a jiffy.
You are a textbook case of a twisted cunt who’s probably aroused by statues.
Matt
Why don’t you just call out the singular poster who had a problem with the Mustafi comment.
It was ONE poster who’s been challenged already. Stop being cowardly and direct your specify comment to him.
*specific comment.
Say what you like about Arteta but lack of self-belief isn’t one of his faults. Just my two cents but it wouldn’t surprise me to see him stumble along in the bottom half of the table for the rest of the season. Like latter day Wenger he’ll probably pull just enough results out of the bag to hang on like a guy on life support. My guess: Chelsea (H) Draw at best. Brighton (A) Possible win after being outplayed for 90 minutes because that’s Brighton’s M.O. this season. West Brom (A) Draw – Allardyce loves to stick one on the… Read more »
Marc Faber
I dont pay particular attention to people’s religions to be honest. Bears absolutely no relevance to me what so ever.
I prefer to be Indiscriminate with any kind of piss taking etc. Pedros term of mistake terrorist to me only ever referred to his football. It’s people like you that drag race and religion into everything.
Sad times really.
Dissenter
Hardly cowardly is it! I didn’t feel the need to mention the people specifically (there were two by the way) as they know who the comment was aimed at.
If I were Pedro I would be kicking people straight off. Calling him out as a racist on his own blog – what a load of shit!!
Nelson
You have listed the main attributes of a narcissist.
Wenger was the same.
In football the way the game is played evolves and changes all the time.
High pressing works but he gave that up because the older players aren’t fit enough and do not want to do it.
Why has he got a serial looser assistant? Exactly
I think Xhaka is finished with us, hopefully off in early January.
That’s why there’s no apology forthcoming.
He will be traded in as most clubs are financially stretched.
I bet Xhaka plays against Chelsea!
‘The best time to hire a football CEO?’
‘2 seasons ago.’
Incredible line to take on board considering what transpired at Arsenal nearly two years ago, have to think this club hasn’t even begun to find the bottom. Nothing happening makes sense and the real overseers are viewing from. distance under pandemic circumstance in new territory for this investment. They have essentially ridden Wenger to this point and all involved have made really poor decisions since big Weng’s departure. Has all the potential for perfect storm scenario.
Just had a thought, wonder if the twat of a goal keeping coach had a say in Emi not being confirmed as the 100% no.1 goalie just so his little mate could get a job here……
Quantumcunt
It’s called being objective.
It’s also called difference of opinion.
Imagine if we were all simple like you?
We’d all just come on and agree that we should all get behind the club and everything is fine. There would be about 5 posts a day.
Why do so many people on Le Grove declare with great certainty that Saliba is definitely THE ANSWER? He’s never played a minute’s football for Arsenal. You’re just guessing and hoping he is a success, just like Pedro (and many of us) did with Arteta. Guessing and hoping is such a big part of what makes us love football, but it really is lazy for so many of you to always pin everything that happens on the guy that isn’t playing. On the other hand, if Ozil had been playing the last 15 games we definitely would have scored more… Read more »
QuantumLeap
Whereas some so called fans have to hind behind yet another fake moniker and then go about winding as many genuine fans up as possible, just for the hell if it.
Merry Xmas!
The long game
Why the fuck would you not expect your 27m CB not to get a game in the Micky mouse cup? Haha
Exactly the kind of dopey comment you’d expect from an Ozil sympathiser.