It appears the strategy of Arsenal leadership is to go full-steam ahead. They are backing Mikel. They are backing Edu. We are moving forward with the ‘vision.’ It’s bold or totally nuts.
Part of this approach is to take back a bit of control.
The players failed Wenger. They failed Emery. They are tanking Arteta in a big way right now.
I make the club right in that sense. Don’t enable a culture where the players feel they have the power to change the course of the season, especially if they are bum talents. At core, this mess is a player-generated one. Simply put, we have too many at the club that don’t give a fuck.
Where the story comes right back to Arteta is that he’s been a chief enabler of this since he’s arrived.
When he was in his 30s, he was tapping up people to help him earn his coaching badges. His head wasn’t on the project. He was just trying to get to the end of his deal for the next move. How did he not check his own experience of being an old player when he invested his young coaching career in old players?
New deals for Auba and David Luiz. Rumoured new deal on the table for Barca bound Mustafi. We canceled the Granit Xhaka move to Hertha Berlin. Any player that told the new management crew they believed in Mikel found themselves with another chance at the club.
The senior players have turned on the manager now. It’s clear.
If they think he’ll be pushed out, they might be in for a bit of a shock.
What baffles me is why Arteta keeps on picking them?
Mustafi is off. Don’t pick him.
Kola is shit. Stop picking him.
Xhaka won’t apologise, that’s a non-negotiable. He needs to be shipped to Italy. Stop picking him.
If the players that aren’t in the squad are causing problems, tell them they can train elsewhere for the last 5 months of their deal. Work them from home. Blame it on covid.
The biggest thing… if Arsenal are going to be indulging student Mikel like we’re a training school, someone has to put the breaks on his shocking decisions.
Here is a really fucking scary reality: If Bernd Leno pinged an achilles heel tomorrow, we could be relegated.
Runarson is the worst keeper I’ve ever seen in an Arsenal shirt.
The decision to play him against Manchester City was beyond the pale. I was told week one that he was a shower of shite. Mikel has watched a player that can’t position a wall do that in training for 5 months now. He is the last line of fire and it is scary.
That decision is on Mikel and Edu. We spent a million euros on him. There’s simply no way the scouts picked him. There were way better options available on loan and for free. We picked a new member of staff’s mate… we allowed contacts scouting to happen again. Unbelievable that Vinai, Edu, and Mikel sat around a table and saw 17th place Dijon’s second-string keeper with the worst shot-stopping record in the league and rolled the dice on him. Does no one at Arsenal ask questions of their colleagues? Why are we taking the advice of a Championship keeping coach when it comes to scouting? What data did he have that supported him being the best we could do? That is not a process. It’s amateur hour.
Where is the accountability? Who is pulling Mikel and Edu to one side to explain how someone that bad found their way onto the pitch for a quarter-final of a league cup against Manchester City? No doubt they will rectify that in January. What will KSE say?
It’s these sorts of decisions that rock my faith. Mikel cannot stop doing stupid things. He’s in a tailspin, each week he seems to do something worst. I’m really struggling to see how he escapes this moment because I can’t see any thread of a plan.
Worse, is the realisation that Vinai won’t act because I’m pretty sure he doesn’t know how to. He’s been raised in a culture of self-preservation. No one acted on Don Raul when they knew what he was all about because Sven sounded the alarm. We rode it out, blew £100m+ on players not fit to wear the shirt. Sven is now rolling hard with an exciting young team in Germany.
We acted far too late on Unai Emery when it was clear what was going to happen. Now we’re in a nightmare again, Vinai isn’t understanding the moment, nor the opportunity. Edu has a bad record with us. Vinai demoted him. Ralf Rangnick is on the market. Luis Campos is on the market. They will cost money that will pay itself back 10 times over even if they do just an OK job. Both have the experience to nuture Arteta’s talent and control his bad instincts. Both are monster movers in the market.
Owning up to a mistake early and fixing it is not part of the way we operate. Though it’s exactly how big clubs roll… look no further than Leicester. Nigel Pearson promotes them, he’s fired after a bad year in the league. Ranieri wins the league, he’s out the year after. They chop and change until they get it right. I’m not saying move on Arteta right now, but at least address the elephant in the room… Arsenal don’t rate Edu because we saw the actions on the deck chair on the .com. Edu telling the fans he enjoyed being metaphorically cauterized by a coach with 6 months on his C.V. Strike on Ralf, Mitchell or Campos. Ensure good recruitment and a vision returns to Arsenal. Get an A-lister in the most important position at a modern football club.
We might go on a 10 game run, we might claw back to 8th, but I am seriously worried that some of these bad decisions are part of Mikel’s DNA, because he keeps making them.
You can only fix mistakes if you admit you’ve made them. I saw him in a prezzer say he’d make all the same decisions again after his first year. Errr… really?
Still, it is what it is… so we have to talk about what could happen that might make things better.
All attention focuses on the weekend. We play Chelsea.
Arteta pushed all his chips onto coaching the shit out of his team with the extra time he’s had this week.
It’s time for a reaction.
The good news is it sounds like Martinelli is going to be fit. I think the fear was a hairline fracture or something horrible like that. Good news is it sounds like it was just a bad knock. Well, at least according Gabi’s Twitter.
I have no idea what he’s going to do with midfield. Mo Elneny does a job, but he’s not at the level. Dani Ceballos should be sent home to Madrid after his performance against City. Xhaka cannot be an option, his head has gone and he’s shite.
Then you ask yourself about the kids? AMN should start in midfield for me. Give him a chance. He’s an athlete, he’s a brilliant defender, and he’s a big-game player. Why wouldn’t Arteta? Coach him. Tell him to protect our defence with Mo. Keep it simple. Move it forward. Defend like a demon.
I’m crazy, but I think I’d prefer to play Smith Rowe in that midfield three. Lacazette might be technically gifted, but he has no mobility. We need runners and creators. Smith Rowe created a good chance almost immediately against City.
I don’t know what he does with the front three. I assume he’ll go with Martinelli, Eddie, and Pepe. I honestly think I’ve seen enough of Balogun to know the more junior of the strikers might have a style suited better to the equipment we have on offer. He’s faster, he plays more like a Premier League number 9, and there’s more variety to his game.
… but he seems to be on Arteta’s shitlist. So who knows.
What I don’t want to see is Willian out there again stinking out the joint. But… Mikel the manager is a politician now. The principles are gone. He’s about perception. He knows KSE will frown on another dud on a long deal. So he’ll persist. It’s madness, it really is. Can’t we fake an injury for him and pack him back off to Dubai?
Defence is also going to be interesting. I don’t want to see David Luiz out there even though he’s our best defender. Gabriel is looking a liability, Rob Holding is limited, and Cal Chambers/Pablo Mari don’t seem to be near the first team.
At least we have Leno available.
A bit of a ramble today. It’s a huge week. We go again… hoping, praying, that at some point, the tide will turn by persisting with the same ideas.
Over to you, Mikel.
P.S. Have an elite Christmas Eve. Don’t drink and drive. Stay in your damn pods… and listen to MY pod. Smooth wordsmithing…
Ishola
No winning the Cup gave us EL football which will bring in circa £30 million in extra revenue. That’s what got him.
Is
Every player would want to play for a pep puppet..
With the strings pulled by an Indian Warwick Davies .
Bati, does it only count as an important signing we made because we had european football if he moves for less salary?
Marc
If we really wanted Partey I’m sure we would have got him without needing to win the FA Cup and that extra money.
We would have found the money regardless of any FA Cup win. That’s if we really wanted him.
Besides as Bati says he is not a magician. He isn’t going to single handedly win us loads of matches. He isn’t peak Maradona.
Its pretty obvious Marc that Pedro likes you, or at least tolerates you. You have at times gone ape on him with some comments. Admittedly you are quite funny (to me anyway) but equally you have to know that everyone has their limits.
If willian plays on Saturday as young talent stagnates and look for a way out it should put to rest what kind of coach arteta is and what he brings to this club
Ernest
It is good fun pushing the boundaries without falling over them!
The ironic thing is the criticism of the Europa League has been that it didn’t pay out enough in comparison to the CL.
And know it is being proclaimed as an absolute lifeline for the club.
The EPL iyself pays the way.
Clubs always have 100% faith in their dodgy managers right up to the day they dont and fire them. A new DoF changes nothing on field, which is where our immediate problem is. A new DoF will not come in and start telling Arteta which players/tactics to use because Mikel then quits. Fire Arteta, new guy at least changes atmosphere around club, hire new experienced ceo to take overall control, edu stays as DoF and vinai back to head of accounts. Three years to clean out wastrels and to bring in a bunch of young players who have similar fighting… Read more »
Ish, the only people that say it didn’t matter for money were the people that didn’t know what it paid. Which I assume is you.
Pedro
A main criticism of the Europa League has been that it hasn’t paid out enough in comparison to the CL.
The EPL in itself is a big money spinner.
Sure that extra money is welcome but if we were desperate to sign Partey we would have made that signing regardless of the FA Cup win.
People get so off track with the criticism. Yes, it is bad now. But saying trophies don’t count and that European football wasn’t an important achievement last year is laughable. JWL, not sure you change the atmosphere around players that aren’t getting new deals with 5 months to go. A new Director of Football comes in, sets the tone, takes the rap for big decisions, and assesses the true issues that are going on. Your solution now is let a failing DoF decide the future for a second time. Short term thinking again. We’ll end up with Roberto Martinez and… Read more »
Pedro
The EPL is the indicator of whether a manager is up to scratch.
Not the FA Cup.
Shite!
Comparing Emery with Arteta.
Is that what it’s come to?
So, who’s the worst out of the two?
Who has angered and frustrated you the most?
For me, it’s a close run thing.
However, based on Arteta’s superior language skills and his unique abilities in upsetting the applecart, I would say that he’s the one who wins this special award.
That’s right, when you add up all the mistakes Arteta has made since our FA Cup victory, he can officially be included in a very short list of Arsenal’s worst ever managers.
Sorry Mikel.
Ish, no, the main criticism is the competition is shit. It spins money, hence why it was important we made it. Brushing off an FA Cup win in itself is weird, but pretending the money didn’t matter, particularly this year, is just wrong.
For once can we stop discussing the merits or demerits of the Manager and look forward to changes, which might take place in January. First there have been issues concerning the defence and more particularly what occurred with Saliba. My personal view and instinct is that Arteta realised early on that a combination of both Saliba and Gabriel was too high risk. Both are young players and comparatively inexperienced. If you are going to play both in same team then we needed a back three with an experienced head playing between the two. Personally I would like to see the… Read more »
Do other clubs fire their DOF before they fire a failing manager or is this supposed to be special to just Arsenal football club alone
Emery did a decent enough job in his first season.
This rot has been years in construction.
The competitiveness of the league has improved dramatically, and we’ve been caught cold.
Remove Aubameyang’s goals last season, then think where we’d be.
If we lose Leno, Partey, Aubameyang, Saka for any considerable period together, then we’re not relegation candidates, we’re one of the favourites.
Pedro
Brushing off an FA Cup win as you put it is done to make people understand that if you win it this doesn’t automatically make you a good manager.
To be seen as a good manager you have to prove yourself over a much more competitive and enduring EPL campaign.
Graham62 Not even close in my book, Emery did better with a worse squad in his first season. He played the promising youth players, he was about to kick Xhaka out at the end. Arteta has done the opposite, only really playing Saka but shunting him all over the place so he can’t get any consistency, other than that the only youth player he’s played a lot is Eddie over Martinelli and he’s clearly not good enough. Picking aging players that are leaving at the end of the season or that gives us nothing on the pitch over players that… Read more »
“For once can we stop discussing the merits or demerits of the Manager and look forward to
changes, which might take place in January.”
Like perhaps you not writing a daily “War and Peace” novel, ES? You have a lot of things on offer, but to be honest your posts are very long and the typical attention span in the blogosphere is about a paragraph at a time.
Constructive opinion, respectfully so.
Batistuta
Firing your DOF before firing your manager is the correct way to do it, particularly as we’re 14 games in, and just going into an important transfer window,
If we leave it much later, then the optics change.
Particularly if you have so little faith in your DOF, that you demoted him to shared responsibility, with a line manager from one of the departments he’s been hired to manage,
Ish, winning trophies is a pretty big deal for managers.
Is the Premier League where it’s at? Absolutely. But you think Poch didn’t want to win a trophy?
Arteta is lucky to be in a job, no doubt. But to keep going on about how trophies and European football don’t matter isn’t really additive to the Arteta pile-on.
Emirates
The only change that will make any difference at the moment is the manager. You might not like that but it’s true.
Rich
“Firing your DOF before firing your manager is the correct way to do it,”
It hasn’t been for virtually every other club.
Why is Arteta such a special unique case?
Yea let’s not discuss the failing manager, let’s discuss what happens in a transfer window when we give said failing manager more funds to spend on a squad he can’t motivate or get to play any thing resembling a good game
“Firing your DOF before firing your manager is the correct way to do it, particularly as we’re 14 games in, and just going into an important transfer window,”
Typically a new DOF would want to install their own people, meaning that a manager is on borrowed time unless they can really impress. In professional sports when a DOF or GM are relieved of their duties, a coaching staff usually follows.
Ernest Reed
Maybe you are right, but the perpetual broken record about Arteta solves nothing.
Arsenal have a bloated squad and we need to find solutions including a balanced and effective starting X1.
The new DOF doesn’t pick the squad or trains them by the way so fuck all happens on the playing side until you fire an underperforming manager jeez.
Dortmund or PSG or even Watford or West Brom haven’t fired their DOF before their manager by the way. Those are clubs at the two ends of the spectrum by the way doing the exact same things but we’re so special let’s keep the failing manager and sack the DOF first, I’m sure that’ll improve our results on the pitch
ES I’ll be generous and assume that you haven’t answered my earlier question so here it is again:
Also Stroller if one the biggest problems IS the manager then of course you can improve things by changing him.
Top eight squad in fifteenth.
Terrible team selection.
Terrible formation.
Terrible tactics.
Terrible man management.
Do you disagree? If so explain.
Fix any of the above without adding a single player and we’d improve. Stop making baseless claims, if changing the manager didn’t change football clubs’ fortunes why do they do it?
Bati/Ish, what is leading you to believe Vinai and Edu have the solve here?
I thought Pedro was moving in the right direction but he’s veered off track. This is not about player power. It’s about a manager that doesn’t know how to manage players, a key requirement of the job. Here are the list of non-negotiables as to why he should be fired. As one-off decisions they are not sackable offenses but as a whole, they are: 1) The Partey debacle vs. Spurs 2) The Saliba debacle 3) Signing Willian to a massive 3 year deal 4) Selling Martinez without a viable replacement 5) Signing Runarsson and then playing him in a big… Read more »
If Mikel is sidling talent like Saliba and Balogan he should be removed just for that I don’t want to see these kids move on and smash it elsewhere
I want to see them do it for us
ARTETA OUT
Accidentally listed the sale of Martinez twice but then again it might deserve a double mention.
Everyone knew the players we had were not good enough for a top4 spot. It was bloated & ageing with salaries no other club gonna pay.
Ozil, Laca, Xhaka, Kola.
Had Mikel understood this, he would have not added to the dross in the name of Willian, Mari, Alex, Cedric.
He was even having an option to got rid of Xhaka.
Money from Iwobi, Xhaka, AMN and Lacazette could have got us 2 good promising players. The other 2 vacant places could have been filled with academy players.
Sorry – lots of if, could, would. Arteta needs to go.
Ragnik in
Hussenhutl or Tuchel in
Get rid of the players that are free at the end of the season
Play the 5 kids that look outstanding get through the season and rebuild
Done
Pedro
They don’t but we need the most important aspect to be amended first.
And the most important aspect at this time is to get this current group of players out of the mire.
You don’t do that by sacking Edu or Vinay.
You may do it by sacking Arteta.
What Arsenal needs is to start winning football matches. Doesn’t matter how many wasters who’s contract are about to expire if the manager can’t get those who are actually at the club to perform at their maximum best
I missed Luiz’s name there. Just signing Willian and Luiz should be enough to sack him!
lol bacary, most of those are DOF jobs. Not sure you meant to add weight to my argument, but that’s a pretty damning indictment on Edu I’m afraid.
Even bigger lols that Pepe’s feeling mattered after the red card.
Get to proper Arteta issues. Most centre around deference to senior players. Inexcusable. Which is why he is where he is… but he shouldn’t have been allowed to do those things
Pedro
Yes, the F.A Cup win counts. So does making Europe. Di Matteo won the Champions League with Chelsea but the owner knew he wasn’t the right fit for them as manager. What has Di Matteo done since then to prove him wrong?
I was right behind the club with Arteta but he’s shown a calamitous lack of judgement when it comes to player management and taking responsibility for the current problems.
Bats
“Doesn’t matter how many wasters who’s contract are about to expire if the manager can’t get those who are actually at the club to perform at their maximum best”
Said basically the same thing as you above.
We need to get this current group of players out of the mire.
You do that by getting in a new manager.
We can moan all we want about shit signings being Edu’s fault but it is done.
A new DOF or a new CEO isn’t going to remedy the current problem with this team right now.
Pedro
Not only that, Arteta doesn’t have any discernible pattern of play whatsoever anyone can point to and say that’s what he’s trying to do. Senior players failing him or not we should not be doing so badly and that’s on him. I wouldn’t trust him with a penny more really
if arteta loses the next four games he is out no matter what the board say.
can’t see us losing to brom or Brighton though
Bati, yeah, I kind of agree… like, what are we investing in this January?
London Gunner
“if arteta loses the next four games he is out no matter what the board say.”
How about two draws and two losses or three losses and a draw?
London, agree, he’ll have to go. Especially if he leans into Xhaka and Willian to help the collapse.
No disagreement ES, the club are a mess and it didn’t just happen either. As you point out, the start of housecleaning will commence in the summer and hopefully the right people will be in place to see things through.
Based on what we’ve seen big Mik will be leaning full tilt into Willian.
Edu being rubbish at his job does not mean Arteta should get an indefinite free pass.
These next 3 or 4 matches Arteta has to win – when do they actually start because I seem to have been hearing this for some weeks now?
Ishola
If we were in and out of form and losing matches while playing well, I’d be inclined to say oh okay we can look to replace the DOF or whatever but were so so bad on the pitch and that falls squarely on the manager. We don’t have such a horrible squad really
If we lose the next match London Gunner simply moves on to if we lose the next four ad infinitum.
Arsenal havent lost on boxing day since 1987
GeNeRaTiOnAl! Back to you in the studio!
I get the thinking in shedding Edu before Arteta, let the new man select his chosen manager.
If we have to ride an interim Bould to that point so it goes.
Said it last night, full cull for me with a fresh restart. Love idea of Rangnick but that may be too simple for this club. Surely it will be more complicated.
andy 1886 I provided the solution to matters which you raised. Bring in an experienced football director who can handle “the man management issues” and “transfers” but leave the training to the Head Coach [Arteta]. Joe Mercer acted in that way at Man City with Malcolm Allison delegated to deal with the coaching. Alex Ferguson operated also in similar fashion. Arsenal created a management structure which following departure of Wenger was cumbersome and ineffective. We had Raul, Mislintat, Edu and Emery all competing with each other. Now it is down to Edu and Arteta both of whom are relatively inexperienced.… Read more »
Pedro
” what are we investing in this January?”
I can’t see much happening beyond loan deals – they might drop a little bit of cash somewhere but unless we make some serious sales it just won’t happen. In recent times we’ve have the “CL wage bill on EL earnings” well right now we’re not going to make EL and we’ll see our PL revenue also drop. With the loss of match revenue the club will right now be looking at lowering costs not adding to them.
Pedro hyping up our last year’s FA Cup win and at the same time making fun of Roberto Martinez as a potential Arteta replacement is hilarious. You do realize that RM won FA Cup final with Wigan, Peds, right? And against Man City too. So either he’s a brilliant manager who totally deserves a shot of managing Arsenal or winning FA Cup is really not all that.
“Arsenal havent lost on boxing day since 1987”
Arteta does love a record!
Sal
An interim and a new DOF would be great for us till the summer.
Roberto Martinez is currently the manager of number 1 ranked country in the world. And Arteta was, is, and always will be a bum who will get nowhere near at managing an international side. In fact, he’ll be lucky to get another coaching gig at all after he gets Das boot from Arsenal. And it’s a matter of When, not If.
I dont think we can write off areta entire future managerial career. If it ends up failing at arsenal he either uses it as a lesson and builds up from say a championship side or he ultimately bows out of management ala Gary neville.
Totally agree with every single word, if Arteta cant get other players in the team and coach them to play well then he’s simply not good enough(because thats why he was signed), no more willian, xhaka, ceballos, elneny, mustafi, luiz, holding, bellerin, laca, none haver ever been good enough, thank god martinellis back, we need him fit for a while! Amn, willock (juries out, but would prefer him than pepe(not good enough, gives ball away cheaply constanly, and is too 1 footed) and esr should all get games and alternate and learn the game, i think those three ar all… Read more »
Xmas in Thailand now so Happy Xmas Pedro and Le-Grovers.
Arleta should’ve never taken the Arsenal job. It was always too big for him. But the man’s ego is bigger than most of those who have been in the game for way longer than he has.
Only at Arsenal is it so difficult to find a new manager, interim managers for 6 weeks or like some are discussing now half a season, most other clubs get it done either right away or within a week. We have to go through a whole process of interviewing a dozen people and haw and hum while we suffer on the pitch. And then we still end up with the worst manager ever. Smh. Maybe shake it up a bit and go for someone with a proven track record this time, that plays the kind of football we want to… Read more »
Many will be heavily disappointed to see things remain firmly thesame even if Arteta is sacked
Per Mertesacker will likely be put in charge on interim bases and can you really see him benching the likes of Xhaka and Willian?
Its a clean slate all over again for the lot, and the cycle of mediocrity continues
Changing the DoF to pick up things and likely hire his own man is far more reasonable
Tony
Merry Xmas to you and your family.
On my fifth, or is it fifteenth, glass of mulled wine.
Arteta is far worse than Emery!!
Now I have no doubt.
#ArtetaOut
Vic
“mediocrity continues”
We would kill for mediocrity until the end of the season with a new manager.
We are not currently mediocre. We are shit.
Mentioned before. So many divided opinions, get an interim, go big on experience, a new DoF, Pedro swearing that Ralph would save us, TH14, PV4, exume Herbert Chapman ffs, whatever. One thing is for sure, KSE is going nowhere, Vinai is going nowhere, Edu is going nowhere, Arteta is going nowhere. Suck it up. We are left to feed on this shit show, we will not be relegated because of three god awful teams who are just about worse than us, we will be humiliated by Benfica, we are in decline, and nothing will change.
Partey joined Arsenal because they quadrupled his wages.
bacaryisgod
Re: Your excellent 16:50 post.
The list you highlighted is frightening.
So many sackable offences in such a short period.
🍺🍺
No you didn’t Stroller how does bringing in a new DoF alter:
Top eight squad in fifteenth.
Terrible team selection.
Terrible formation.
Terrible tactics.
Terrible man management?
Answer, it doesn’t. These are Arteta issues. Is the DoF going to pick the team, chose the formation, determine tactics, man-manage the players? Nope.
So you’re avoiding the question once again.
I’ll assume that means you agree and that a new DoF insn’t going to fix this as you obviously can’t or will not address the actual question.
Apologies – that’s four things for sure. Merry fucking Christmas Gooners, we are in this together
If the Atletico Madrid runour is true and they want AMN I hope it’s a sale and not a loan, 20-25m would help our window a lot and AMN isn’t starting material now and probably never will be. Had a couple of good games at wing back but that’s it. Was absolutely diabolical against City and has had more terrible performances for us than good ones. Take the money and invest in a starting midfielder, after Arteta leaves ofc. Xhaka, Laca, Kola and Sok needs to be out this window too. Take whatever we can get for the first 2… Read more »
Vic, as Per is head of the academy you would assume that he is more likely to pick players he knows better than Mikel rather than continue to play Willian and Xhaka in whom he has little or no investment.
Freddie, a better investment would be take the AMN money and pay of the manager and his cronies. If we can finally bin Ozil too all the better.
That’s what I would call a merry christmas!
In October 2020 the defensive midfielder signed a contract with Arsenal that nets him a whopping salary of 5 Million Euro (4.4 Million Pound) per year. We have crunched the numbers, this means he earns €24,787 (£21,965) per day and €1,033 (£915) per hour!
The only thing that can save Arteta is the Xhaka factor.
Xhaka leaves in January and the Xhaka curse is gone.
However shit and inexperienced Areteta is just the curse of Xhaka gone sees Teets make a miraculous recovery.
Merry Xmas all.
Oh and Merry Xmas Granit.
Ishola I really think Edu is to blame just as much if not more than Arteta regarding the current state of the squad. That being said I think they come as a pair, which means they can both go. Just don’t trust Edu at all to get the next appointment right! I actually think if sacking Arteta and letting Esu handle things is what will likely take us down A guy who can oversee the signing of a 32 yo retired Willian can just as well do something so daft by appointing a worse manager than Arteta He needs to… Read more »
Thomas Partey earned £48,000 per week, £2,496,000 per year playing for Atlético as a DM and £200,000 per week with new club Arsenal.
Freddie
AMN should be in our starting XI…………Now!!!
We need him.
If Arteta gets rid, I’ll be ever more pissed off.
He can put his mind to it.
The problem we now have, is that Arteta can’t.
andy
We’ll see but I just dont think Per has the guts to bench the more senior and deadwood players.
I don’t mind giving the kids games from now on as the season is a write off already, just know those good enough to keep long time but we’ll need a very good manager with some eye for talent and good managerial skill
Graham
Arteta turns down a serious bid for AMN in the summer and sends him on loan in Jan.
Please Pedro Sir can I have some sauce please?
How many Arsenal players are on £100k+ a week?
Can someone provide a list.
Too much mulled wine.
Blackstock
“In October 2020 the defensive midfielder signed a contract with Arsenal that nets him a whopping salary of 5 Million Euro (4.4 Million Pound)”
“Thomas Partey earned £48,000 per week, £2,496,000 per year playing for Atlético as a DM and £200,000 per week with new club Arsenal.”
If those 2 quotes is from the same article they need to go back to math class.
Why is it that with each passing post on here, I get even more pissed off with Arteta?
G62 He’s not good enough, way too casual on the ball and his passing is terrible. Decent in one on ones defensively on occasion but that’s pretty much it. Here’s his stats from the City game in case someone missed it before: “As per Sofascore, he lost possession an incredible 20 times over the course of the night, the most of any Arsenal player on the pitch. He also made no successful dribbles, sent no accurate crosses, made just 20 total successful passes, and lost seven of his nine duels too.” He’s had way too many performances like that and… Read more »
According to the Mirror, Partey has been given a five-year contract worth a staggering £260,000-per-week by the Gunners. That amounts to just over £13.5m-per-year. On top of that, he’s also been handed a £2.5m signing bonus. Not too shabby.6 Oct 2020
It’s the mulled wine Graham62, let those inhibitions go, tell us what you really think!
And Merry Christmas to you.
Freddie
I assume those stats were about AMN? If yes I agree he’s not a terrible player but he’s a million miles off what some on here make him out to be.
I just don’t think the board sack Arteta until they back him in January. We’ll get some points from now until then. It’s not what I would do at all but I just got this feeling he isn’t going anywhere.
There has been literally no sign whatsoever his job is even at risk and that is why what we need more is a competent DoF
Edu is very weak
Thomas Partey will earn a staggering £250,000-a-week when he finally completes his move to Arsenal, according to The Guardian.
The Ghanaian has been heavily linked with a move to the Emirates Stadium throughout the transfer window and the saga looks to be drawing to a close.
With hours left of the transfer window, the Gunners have decided to activate the £45 million release clause in the contract of the 27-year-old.
The 3 blind mice are as bad as each other
LeGo will be the first to go
The other 2 will follow
As bad as KSE are I’m sure they can see how their counterparts are doing, I’m also banking on the fact that they don’t like losing money
That may be Arsenal’s saving grace ultimately to get a reasonable and experienced leadership structure in place
According to reports from ESPN, Partey has signed a four-year contract with an option to extend his stay at Arsenal for another year. With his Arsenal contract, Partey will reportedly pocket a whopping £260,000-a-week, which is four times more than what he earned at Atletico Madrid. If these reports are true, Partey is set to become the third-highest earner at Arsenal.
All the bullshit that was spouted on here about Tim Lewis a while ago and not a peep now. I wonder whether some on here are Agenda fans or Arsenal fans.
Marc
Makes you wonder why the lawyer hasn’t rang the alarm bells for Edu who signed Willian for some obscene contract
He allegedly acted swifty on Raul so why is he not looking at Edu?
How is the bloke that recommended Rurnasson still in a job?
Victorious
Well you would have thought so wouldn’t you.
Going with the ‘next gen’ young coach is understandable
But is a huge risk. They do deserve credit on some level for taking that
Their experience with their Rams coach likely informed or emboldened that decision
I’m hoping they’re doing their analysis/ post mortem on the outcome now
I do think they’ll be changes
It’s a painful process but light is at the end of the tunnel
Arteta has proven beyond doubt that he’s not up to par on the coaching level
Edu and vinai are also making an excellent case for themselves