ARSENAL SHOULD MOVE FOR RALF RANGNICK, HE WANTS THE PREMIER LEAGUE

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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!

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Graham62

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GoonerDave

“Mistake terrorist” hurt Faber’s fee fees.
I know they say no two snowflakes are the same, but in 2020 they certainly all act the same. Faux outrage on behalf of others. It doesn’t get any more pathetic than that. So easily lead.

Matt

The Long game

I don’t think anyone is saying Saliba is the answer. But when the alternatives are Mustafi, Kola, Holding, Mari etc, surely it’s worth playing him?

If he really is worse than the ones listed then my word we have signed another expensive dud!

Graham62

QuantumLeap is not a fan of any sorts.

A sad example of why AFC are where they are.

rollen

bulshit. sack Looseretta and Edu.

Pierre

The long game
“On the other hand, if Ozil had been playing the last 15 games we definitely would have scored more than 1 goal from open play 🙂”

You do realise that Le Groaners don’t like to mention Ozil as they celebrated Arteta’s decision to bin him for

Wait for it . …

FOOTBALLING REASONS……

Fools .

alex cutter

“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.”

And yet you all continue to take the bait…

London gunner

dissenter

chill out pal I was talking in just and fkr the nth time I never voted for corbyn but I would have voted for bernie.

funny how biden is filling his cabinet with the walls trees elite… sure looks a great choice.

London gunner

the long game

well there is one way to find out and that’s not banishing him from the team ffs you clueless melt

The long game

‘Why the fuck would you not expect your 27m CB not to get a game in the Micky mouse cup? Haha’ Why the fuck would you not expect your £350k per week/most creative player to get a game in the Mickey Mouse cup? Haha I’m not an Ozil sympathiser, I’m an Arsenal fan who wants the team to win games using the resources available to it. As a matter of fact I think Ozil is toxic now, but he will definitely be gone come the end of the season and needs to put himself in the shop window by performing… Read more »

englandsbest

And still the cry, ‘Sack the manager’. Someone on here mentioned irony. The irony is the expectation that someone will do better than Arteta. – this after Wenger, Emery, Lundberg. And if he fails, what then? Sack the manager? I make that a recipe for disaster. I have said that relegation might be good for the Club. It might persuade Stan to cut his losses and buzz off. But at any rate it would provide the right setting for a major top-to-bottom overhaul. And that is what is needed above all.Difficult to do anywhere but self-evidently easier in a lower… Read more »

The long game

@London Gunner
‘well there is one way to find out and that’s not banishing him from the team ffs you clueless melt’

Nice to meet you too. I’m sure you’re nice bloke really.

I didn’t say Saliba shouldn’t have been given a go by now, and I’m just as mystified as anyone that he hasn’t yet.

Rich

Can’t believe someone is offended by the phrase “mistake terrorist”….. Mustafi is a mistake terrorist, he’s terrorised us with his mistakes on the football pitch, for over 4 seasons now. 95% of what he does is pretty good, it’s just the regularity in which he completely brain farts He can go from resembling prime Sol Campbell, into resembling Stepanovs, in a blink of an eye, and once he’s made one mistake, he usually just crumbles into an erratic mess. Unfortunately our other options are so bad, I actually think he’s a better defender than Luiz, Holding and Chambers. Which really… Read more »

London gunner

let’s be honest we have a gash to average squad.

the only consistently good players are

Leno
auba (yes he has been bad this season)
gabriel
saka
martinelle
partey

everyone else we could do with upgrades and that includes the bench as well.

South African Gooner

5 (FIVE) Reasons why Eddie Howe should be the next Arsenal manager.

1. Our young players would like him.( and he has a track record in playing them.)
2. Experienced & Proven in the prem; also knows the lower leagues and the rising stars in it.
3. Plays attacking , front- foot , yet simple soccer.
4. Straight-shooter- not a blagger. So wont’ come with a ‘Process’
5. Available and has a great old Arsenal name from the past.

Eddie Howe.

Left Testicle

Anyone remember the mistaken identity of Lassana Diara? He was thought to be an Islamic terrorist.

London gunner

the long game

fair enough pal. just the situation with this young lad grinds my gears everyone should get a shot what’s the harm of giving him a chance in the Mickley mouse cups.

also I agree we should be playing oil at this point its just stubbornness for the sake of it

Marc Faber

@Matt

I did not call him a racist. I called him out for using dog whistle tactics… words have power, and Pedro knows how Nudge Theory works.

I read something that is out of order, I will call it out. Every single time.

If I am wrong and he made a mistake, that is fine. I will apologise and not wilt like a snowflake in the sun.

Happy to be banned. In fact, please ban me from this ‘Blog of Fools’ so I can break my addiction once and for all.

London gunner

No this isn’t arsenal related but

“Kieran Trippier has been banned for 10 weeks from all football & football-related activity and fined £70,000 in relation to breaches of the Football Association’s betting rules.”

what an absolute mong. that really hurts atletico madrids chances of winning la liga where he has been one of their best players. what a stupidly short sighted thing to do

Tom

“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 was clearly a reference to him being German as in Bader Meinhof Group.

Or maybe even Hans the Nakatomi Plaza terrorist killed by Bruce Willis in “Die Hard”

Shame on you Pedro for suggesting all Germans are terrorists when clearly their are not.
Nazis? Probably,

Matt

Marc

Not my call to ban you at all. I am just a visitor to the blog the same as everyone else.

Danny+S

Marc Faber

It’s fucking sad I live in a time where ‘dog whistle tactics’ and ‘nudge theory’ is a thing. I have no ducking idea what they are but they sound pathetic.

Words only hold power if you are weak and you let them.

I bet you probably scan everything you read quickly first to see if there is something you can get offended about in the content.

London gunner

Marc Faber

your a fake human. a virtue signalling fraud who uses fact non existent excuses for outrage to try and feel bigger and morally superior. the fact you’d call Pedro out for completely innocent and quite accurate statement is a disgrace. Go back to buzzfeed pal and circle jerk with the other woke losers.

London gunner

quantum

I’m just salty i fucking hate real madrid and barcelona and always love to see other teams win the big league. like when dortmund won the title over bayern ect.

Dan T

What is it with fans calling calling each other petty names or accusing them of being shit fans etc. because they don’t share the same opinion?

If we all thought exactly the same thing then life would be pretty dull. Doesn’t make people a shit supporter because they have a different opinion on how things should be run/who should be played etc.

WengerEagle

London Gunner

Agree on the group of players with the exception of Leno.

Reckon we will need to upgrade eventually but ok for now.
Still can’t believe we sold a better one in Martinez but this is where we are.

Dan T

Leno is consistently average. He isn’t a horror show but he doesn’t exactly fill you with confidence either.

Tom

“I’m not an Ozil sympathiser”

The long game
Isn’t Ozil a Muslim?
Are you saying you don’t like Muslims ?
I think you are and should be ashamed of your prejudices.

Shape up fella this is a blog of love ……or lube or something.

Marc

Well Pedro’s still not managing to say the words but he’s getting there. He’s still pushing the excuse that it’s not Arteta’s fault it’s Edu because Edu should stop him doing stupid things. I thought we’d hired an adult as manager but whatever.

I’d have no issue if we went for Rangnick what would be amusing is Rangnick coming in on the condition that Arteta is fired straight away.

Pierre

London gunner
” Go back to buzzfeed pal and circle jerk with the other woke losers.”

Can you translate this into English

London gunner

pierre

I know you are of the older generation but it shouldn’t be that hard to work out.

Dan T

I would love to see ESR and Balogun get a start in the next few matches. Sadly it seems I’ll have to wait until the club chase them out before I get to see them have a run of game.

Alex James

Not what some will wish to hear. I said when Arteta was appointed, JM was the answer. He would have put the right amount of fear into the squad, whilst getting the tactics right. Arteta comes from the bad old ethos of the club appointing former players with no management experience, like George Swindon and Billy Wright. And it all went horribly wrong, just like now.

WengerEagle

Problem is in Gabriel, Tierney, Martinelli, Saka you are talking about four young lads (two very young) that will have bouts of inconsistency. Should be supplementing the side in the way that Hudson-Odoi and Gilmour are for Chelsea rather thab being our key men.

The only ready to hit the ground running senior players we have are Aubameyang (playing terribly) and Partey (injured).

Pierre

Fred ““arteta being the only person in the entire galaxy who rates nketiah over martinelli.”I mean it’s possible that Pierre isn’t from this galaxy so you could be right.” Actually I’ve never said i rate Eddie above Martinelli, i think both have potential if played in a team that plays to their strengths, butt of course anyone with a football brain would know that. There appears to be a misconception that Martinelli had a fantastic game last night .. Unless i missed something, he struggled to get in the game in the first half hour( not his fault) and hardly… Read more »

Tom

CG
Does Howe speak five languages though?
And what’s his collection of black designer jackets like?

SpanishDave

Losing to Chelsea this weekend will put us in a bad place for sure. The players confidence is rock bottom and every little mistake is now blown out of proportion. Arteta has set his stall out and the players can’t or won’t buy into it. Most of them have played for better managers in other clubs therefore they compare him to them.. At Man City it’s not about youth just cheque book purchases, so Arteta hasn’t seen any other way this probably accounts for his fear in trusting youth, it’s out of his comfort zone. The next manager has to… Read more »

Tom

“Luckily there’s a bigger sphere of proper arsenal fans that can see what the fuck is going on and realise this mess isn’t going to be resolved after one window.“

QL
Do they have a blog they visit, these proper Arsenal fans you speak of ? Cause if they do then maybe you’re at the wrong place friend lol.

Rich

Pierre That’s a good point. Aubameyang, Nketiah are strikers who rely on service. They’re not particularly involved in games, they’re there to win us games, by putting the ball in the back of the net. They’re impact players, who can only make an impact, if they have service. Our issues are, clubs know we have issues breaking down deep blocks, the more we have the ball, the less dangerous we are, and the more susceptible we are to be countered on. Rodgers showed the blueprint in the second half against Leicester. Since then we’ve seen Villa, Wolves, Spurs, Burnley and… Read more »

Marc

Dave

It’s not losing to Chelsea that’ll put us into a bad place – it’s the Brighton away match on Tuesday that could really see the wheels fly off.

If both go against us I think not even Pedro’s going to be able to find any sort of justification for not pulling the trigger.

WengerEagle

Quantam Creep/SuperNob banned again?

Real loss to the blog, shame that.

Anonymous Commentator

Arteta is a disgrace of a manager.
The arsenal hierarchy is just as disgraceful.
get this guy out the club already.

Sid

Artetas tactics are straight from Euskadi Ta Askatasuna playbook

Tom

QL
Arsenal are a joke club from owner on down so forgive me for not wasting my time suggesting solutions to problems beyond my control.

Btw, I do support Arteta like I do every Arsenal player but he’s been driving this clown car for a year now and he keeps banging into things on his way to relegation.

I’m dealing with my misery how I see fit but at least I don’t presume to tell others how to support the Arsenal, which seems to be your mission in life.
So good luck with that and kindly fuck off.

Dissenter

London gunner
Arsenal apart, I hope you’re recovering well.
Glad to see you so feistily defending giving a failed manager more chances,.
We should all be for merit sackings. You can’t do the job – you walk.

Marc

Well done Pedro on that utter dickhead.

He’s been a massive distraction from giving you grief!

WengerEagle

Na, moreso shitting on the guys’ blog than any personal beef with a particular poster dopey.

China1

Red Line your comment about the tea lady turning up anyway in spite of being fired months ago and stinking the joint out was golden mate 😂😂😂

South African Gooner

Tom

*****CG Does Howe speak five languages though?
And what’s his collection of black designer jackets like?****

No , but he did take Bournemouth from 92nd and to the top flight for 5 seasons.

No manager in Europe ( I suspect ) could do that.

I hearing The Luvvies are now tired of Arteta- they are now swooning over Red Bull-shit Ralph,

Whose is Ralph?

WengerEagle

Just wait till he comes back on his 17th Moniker.

Sad cunt.

China1

Fucking Betty. She could make a kenko rapport instant blended coffee like it’s nobody’s business. Drop a little chocolate hobknob on the side and serve it to you in your FAVOURITE vintage Overmars mug, but her attitude was always suspect. Head in the clouds contemplating dinner when she should’ve been making sure all the coaches had their teas and coffees. Back talking management and taking cheeky bites out of the hobknobs to play mind games with the staff then post cryptic posts about it on social media to whip up some kind of political, oat based controversy for the club… Read more »

Dissenter

“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.

They just want the kid to be give a chance to swim or sink.
As it stands, Arteta will rather give chances to player who are exit-bound like Kola and Mustafi- players who have failed the club relentlessly.
All we ae asking for is don’t suggest he isn’t good enough but play keepers like Runnarson who won’t start for most conference sides.

Marc

WE

Sorry you mean he is a sad cunt or his next moniker will be sad cunt?

The Bard

Good post Spanishdave. There is a chasm between being no 2 at a top club and managing a dysfunctional club like Arsenal. We took a punt on Arteta and it hasn’t worked out. I would imagine there are a few around the club ( Edu for one ) who will be fearing the chop. To get out of this trough Arteta needs the big personalities to step up, unfortunately there aren’t any so its hard to see a way out for him.

Marc

Dissenter

How is a young player supposed to develop and adapt to a new team if they never kick a ball for them?

The BFB (Berk From Berkshire)

South African Gooner is right. Eddie Howe should be considered as a replacement for the current numbskull. Has years of experience in all four top divisions and performed wonders not only getting Bournemouth into the Premier League but keeping them there for several years. Indeed, I believe they were only relegated because Arsenal failed to beat one of their relegation rivals. Furthermore he is English, wouldn’t be an expensive hire and his transfer record on a small budget is excellent. He also appears to be honest, straight talking and doesn’t spout balderdash like the current incumbent. How will we know… Read more »

Marc

China

It’s possible it was Arteta who was behind her sacking after all it’s well known how vindictive he is of people who show him up.

All those cups of coffee for Pep and he never got one right.

China1

Her position really came under fire when she started posting oat-based anti Semitic dog whistle puns in tweets about Mikel

Betty just had to go

Samir

Saliba was considered better than Fofana at Saint Etienne. Fofana has started many games and impressed massively for Leicester. Saliba has been playing U23 games and probably lost half his value.

Arteta is stinking the place out.
Just wait for us to lose Saliba, Balogun, Smith Rowe, Azeez and Cirjan. But at least we can give big deals to Mari, Cedric, Luiz, Mustafi…

China1

Looking forward to arteta getting sacked so we can have a little bit of uncertainty and hope again.

I’d rather be uncertain and hopeful than certain and fearful. Arsenal are going doooooown if they don’t pull the trigger sharpish

Peckobill

Jeez just come back on and read some posts and what the heck was that moron on about linking Pedro with some Muslim extremist nonsense .
Pedro’s comment was absolutely in no way a racist line just mustafi is shit , end of ,period .
His only crime is bad recommendations for the arsenal hot seat ( for the record you do run a great blog )

Bob Bobson

It’s hilarious that so many people on this site have turned on Pedro (not unreasonable, he is still rose tinted on Arteta) but you’re still here? ‘this is bullshit’, ‘sack Pedro’. You write, on his blog =’]

Nelson

Ozil has the worst attitude I have ever seen for a professional footballer. He is too selfish. After he signed the big fat contract, he only thought about himself. He is not dedicated to help the team. Just look at Mustafi yesterday. He just went through the motion. We need someone who dedicates 100% to the team. ESR has potential to become a good ACM. Or we sign someone in the JAN TW.

China1

For real tho does anyone know why arteta hates saliba so much???

It comes across as legit hate the way he’s been overlooked so badly

Marc

China

Yeah these Coffee terrorists are the worst.

Dissenter

Marc
Yea
Morse when the same lad is supposed to be grieving the loss of loved ones.

Saliba joined gooners on the away terraces at Vicarage road and resumed for training well ahead of schedule. He was trying to become a part of Arsenal family.
All I want is to give him the 100 minutes Mari played for before he was signed or 4 years.

Matt

Great line China

‘ I’d rather be uncertain and hopeful than certain and fearful. Arsenal are going doooooown if they don’t pull the trigger sharpish’

Peckobill

China
I don’t know why but it seems arteta has a beef with a quite a few that were signed in emery’s tenure . Can’t work out if it’s an unai thing or a Raul thing

Sly

I agree with Rangnick
He has a proven track record and his exponents are trail blazing in the PL
I disagree with the notion of LEGO boi having ‘potentially being great long term’
He doesn’t have the makings and is a poor coach
Having proximity to pep in training sessions doesn’t = great potential
Really daft assessment

I’d take anyone as an interim coach they’d be incredible compared to this idiot

I have zero faith Arsenal will make the right decisions

Saturday is doomsday

Dissenter

*More so when the same lad is supposed to be grieving the loss of loved ones.

China1

Marc she crossed the line

She was here at the club since 1917 and I know a rise Irish was cool back then but times have changed and scratching inflammatory anti jewish remarks into those hob knobs was a bridge too far

GOOD RIDDANCE BETTY

China1

I know anti Semitism*

South African Gooner

BKB

******Has years of experience in all four top divisions and performed wonders not only getting Bournemouth into the Premier League but keeping them there for several years.*****

(Thanks)

E.Howe is very similar to A. Wenger- in that they make the management game look easy,

It aint.

As we have seen with Arteta.

Moray

Eddie Howe???

Dissenter

Pedro
You used to rate Eddie Howe before
What changed?

His sides played good football on a tiny budget.
He doesn’t have enough sauce for you?

China1

I guarantee you to make a latte, Mikel just pours half a glass of room temperature milk into some Nescafé instant coffee and will even serve you that filth with a straight face

The absolute monster

Lukas

The problem for Arsenal is that Ralph Rangnick had all the power and total freedom at Leipzig. He will not work under or with a Vinai. Never. He calls the shots or he calls it a day.

South African Gooner

PedRo

****Eddie Howe… big lolz.*****

hello.

Some Daves’ from Thurrock wants a word with you, sunshine.

Arteta, Ralph?
lets see them manage Bournemouth to the prem!

Peckobill

I mean if arteta does take us down I can see the logic of then getting Howe in to get us promoted with his experience in doing that but surviving the prem ? Fuck that

Lukas

Pedro do you know if Tim Lewis is reading your blog?

Guns of Brixton

Getting in a B rate level manager like howie now will certify us a shite for the next x amount of years.

Independent from the bigger changes at the club which imo are waaay more key and urgent, the only managers I would get are Poch and maybe Rafa.

Just because we in shite doesn’t mean that we have have to accept mediocre managers and players etc

Rich

Marc I think Arteta has until West Brom away, We’ve then got a 7 day gap before Newcastle in the third round, and another 5 days until our next league game. If Arteta doesn’t get a minimum of 4/9 from our next 3, I think he’s gone. As much as I’d love us to install Rangnick to take over the entire football operation. I think it’s unlikely. Hopefully Edu + Vinai have at least engaged in some covert potential succession planning. Because if we sack Arteta on Monday 4th of Jan? We kind of need a replacement in place, before… Read more »

Marc

” He will not work under or with a Vinai”

Vinai is not or ever been a football guy he’s was on the commercial side and I’m not sure why he’s so involved with “footballing” decisions all of a sudden. We just go back to the setup we had a while ago Vinai runs the business side of the club and a DOF deals with the footballing side.

It’s really not difficult I mean would Rangnick want to get involved with sponsorship deals?

Tom

“I believe they were only relegated because Arsenal failed to beat one of their relegation rivals.” So Bournemouth got relegated only because of Arsenal and not because Howe’s massage stoped resonating with the players? I watched them that season and Howe seemed to have some of the same problems Arteta is having now. Fraser wouldn’t sign a new deal and Howe benched him presumably because he was perceived a distraction. Their form dipped further still and then Howe brought Fraser back to save the season. Now compare that to what Klopp did with the likes of Can or what he’s… Read more »

Marc

Pedro

Matt Hancock’s just announced that people from South Africa are dodgy and should be avoided does that mean CG’s out of here?

Graham62

CG

I’m with you 100% as far as Eddie Howe is concerned.

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Pedro

What’s so funny?

I’m starting to have big doubts about your feel for the club, as well as football in general.

Give me one reason why Eddie Howe wouldn’t be a good fit.

Please don’t say because he hasn’t won anything.

I know this is your blog but you’re really starting to get on my nerves.

Leftside

Arteta gets all the time he needs, if the club made decisions based on results and whats best for us he’d have been dispatched by now.

Lukas

Mikel could be saved from himself under the direction of Rangnick. Vinai and Edu have to go. Rangnick has the best young player data and contacts in the world of Football.

Leftside

Those Black Jackets, percentages and shouting really loud on the sidelines seems to go down well for him.

Rich

Marc

That’s the issue

We hired Vinai as our business CEO

We hired Raul as our head of football operations.

Raul’s apparently has an economics degree, but his professional background is in marketing.

So we a allowed a marketing professional, to take charge of football operations.

That’s the equivalent of calling the fire brigade, to report a burglary.

Or calling an ambulance, to help you put out a fire.

Only at Arsenal……

Sid

Arteta has a grudge against tall french men, as a kid his mama separated from his short Spanish dad because she fell in love with a tall french truck driver.

You heard it here 1st!

Tom

Also, aren’t Bournemouth second in the Championship under Howe’s former assistant only behind the perennial yo-yo team Norwich?

If his assistant is on his way to promotion than maybe Howe’s work wasn’t so unique after all.

Marc

Rich

Right now Arteta is a stones throw from going from useless to toxic. If he hits that level then a caretaker is a better option in the short term that just continuing on the same path.

I’d much rather start getting things right across the board but sometimes you have to prioritise and fix what’s right in front of you.

Marc

Rich

I think we all know the short comings of marketing people!

Graham62

Eddie Howe understands the league, is respected by his peers as well as the players, kept Bournemouth in the top flight on a shoestring, gives the youngsters a chance to develop, knows what playing positive football is all about and, oh yeah, almost forgot, speaks the game of football.

Of course he’s not good enough for our snobbish brigade.

Marc

Pedro

What about Mark Hughes?