A week off for the players? Wow. I nearly wrote ‘wowsers.’ Do you get to a certain age where twee words like that become attractive? A friend of mine said ‘aces’ the other day. I was shocked. Is language deterioration part of the ageing process?
I digress…
A week off.
Then Arsenal FC heads into another nightmare crush of fixtures that could open us up to death spiral number two of the season.
It won’t define whether he keeps his job, that seems assured, what it’ll define is how much fan capital he has going into next season.
Managers shouldn’t make decisions based on what the fans want, but they should be very aware of the role we play in their success. Jurgen Klopp is a charmer, everyone loves him, even when things are going off the rails, it’s hard to dislike him. Pochettino is another one, the deep love he commands from his players makes him hard to move on, even when results plummet. The decisions they make and the values they hold are part of the allure.
One of the worst leadership traits is being unable to admit you’ve made a mistake. Willian is becoming a lightning rod topic in the court of fan opinion. He’s shit. He doesn’t care. He has been given more than enough chances… yet he keeps playing. Arteta needs to do the right thing and move him away from the starting 11.
Fan capital is going to be hugely important as we head into next season, because fan dismay will be seen and heard beyond Twitter. That means Arteta needs to start getting his house in order now so his mistakes don’t light a fire with the fans he can’t put out.
You know what gets Arsenal fans in the mood?
Sexy football.
For me, our season keeps collapsing around senior players that were given massive new deals. If you took 4-5 players out of the mix we’d have more money, better results, and we’d likely not be asking these painful questions every 4 weeks.
The football is evolving in a direction that excites. There have been patches in the last two games where you felt like this was peak Wenger ball from back in the day. Intelligent players moving the ball at speed with attacking intent. This sort of football, played by young hungry players, is what will get fans to buy into the project next season.
Our problems are evolving in the right direction, I appreciate it isn’t fast enough for some, but let’s take it for what it is. When you have a young striker that’s not scoring, you generally want the one that’s missing lots of chances, versus the one that’s not in the game. Adebayor was like that when he joined, everyone hated him because he constantly fluffed his lines… but then it clicked and he turned into one of the best strikers in Europe for a brief moment.
That’s where this Arsenal side are at the moment. We’re moving the ball into the right areas, the attacking intent is correct, but we’re one pass and a decent shot away from it coming together nicely. If the players were shit, you’d accept that this was our lot, but they’re not. There is scope for the click to arrive.
I think there are some obvious moves that’ll help us find the click. Firstly, let’s get our best players on the pitch. If Tierney is out, bite the bullet and put Bukayo Saka in that position. He was a top 3 left-back in the country, having him there isn’t a punishment, it’ll help us open up teams because his delivery is so good.
Put Martin Odegaard in the side. We’ve only seen about 25 minutes of him but it’s clear he’s the real deal. He can open up the game from deep and he has really quality in tight spaces. We won’t have £100m to spend this summer, so convincing him to join us next year is going to be a huge win for us while we reshape our finances.
Then the big one… we have to work something out with our striking situation. Auba has been out of sorts all season, his family issues clearly haven’t helped, but we need to address it because we’ve gone from one of the most clinical sides in the league to a side that cannot hit the target for love nor money
Again, that can change very fast. Pepe isn’t going to keep skewing the ball over the bar. Odegaard had a great goal scoring record in Spain. Saka, Laca and Auba should all be doing better.
The key to all of this though is fitness… if Partey is badly damaged again, we are in trouble.
Good news for Arteta is the games coming up present a fresh chance to show he has what it takes.
Beat Leeds? That’ll feel like progress.
Beat Benfica? Feels like a proper team, it’ll count towards momentum for the first time this season.
Get anything from City? I mean, feels unlikely, but who knows.
Leicester? Burnley? Spurs? All winnable for me…
We absolutely have to get back on track this season. The green shoots need to turn into flowering trees. The vision must be crystal clear by the end of this season.
If it is, then we’re in great shape for a run at top 4 next year. If it’s not, well, I’ll be promoting the hashtag #GusHiddinkIn.
Just kidding, but something like that.
New podcast. A bit depressing. But it’s there. ENJOY.
Leeds, 9 points off Liverpool doesn’t feel the right time to sack Arteta.
Graham 62
“Arteta can’t be that blind or that stupid.”
No it’s worse, he’s stubborn and captive to his own pride.
Or play ESR at LW and Martinelli at CF with Saka at RW – Odegaard at CAM. Now that would be an exciting attack
Just watching Arteta and his band of leeches on the bench gives me migraine ever time I watch Arsenal play.
I mean his goal keeping coach can’t spot a good goalie in a pack of pray mantis.
Pedro
Stop evading my question and answer it. When is enough, enough for you? How bad does it have to become for you to say I’m getting off?
Leeds, it’s a big question with many variables and you’re looking for a bite-sized answer to walk away with. That’s why I didn’t answer it.
‘ Just watching Arteta and his band of leeches on the bench gives me migraine ever time I watch Arsenal play.’
Dissenter what makes Arteta and his coaches a band of leeches out of interest?
Leeds why the amateur dramatics? Relegation? Come on man. We’ve just lost 2 games in a row there’s absolutely no need for supporters to go into meltdown.
I’m with Pedro. Arteta has started something here at arsenal which is going to take time. Yes, there are huge question marks around player selections at times, which we can all agree is mind boggling. But the whole comparison between Tet’s and Unai is ridiculous! I for one don’t think this team would have flunked so hard in the Europa final under Arteta. The football in recent weeks (Wolves until the Luiz red, spells in the Villa and united games, Southampton) we have played some really nice stuff! I still feel our main weakness is not having a leader and… Read more »
Olis
The answer lies in the league table, go look at that again.
Arteta is using Arsenal as an internship program and the club is a willing host.
Maybe because they are sucking the joy out of being an Arsenal fan
Pierre
I left a comment for you to address on the last thread/post, could you read and get back to me on it please.
Cheers.
Despite everything, Arsenal, under Arteta, has become a Club fans can love again, be proud of again. After years of drift, of minor ambition, the current squad, with an addition and a subtraction here and there, will become elite, capable of challenging for, and sometimes winning, major trophies consistently. Anybody who cannot see this is in need of an optician. Yes, he has made mistakes – his biggest is too much respect for the elderly. But to the young players he is inspirational. He said at the outset that it was a process that would take time. One day we… Read more »
I saw Diaz of ManCity concede a penalty by pulling the arms of a Liverpool player. He was not red-carded even though he did not make any attempt to play the ball. How do others see this in light of David Luiz’s sending off at Wolves?
Do you know and recognise Arsenal’s history, Pedro?
If so, how would you compare Arsenal’s performance over the last 50/60 years with Liverpool, who have been consistently good over the same period of time?
Dissenter the answer is a lot more nuanced than ‘look at the league table’.
If that’s the depth of your thinking I’ll leave you to it. I’ll stick to watching and enjoying the team play decent attacking football again.
But why the leech comment? A bit unnecessary? Or have you an actual rationale for saying it?
Maybe for you global. Not me and many others. I’m enjoying watching our football again.
It’ll be even sweeter once we’re stringing results together.
You win some, you lose some. That’s football.
Tired of Arteta love ins it’s unreal
Bye
Herbs, Liverpool have not been consistently good over the past 60 years.
Dissenter
You got the cause and effect wrong. It is not winning the Super Bowl can make an owner better. It is a bad owner will never win the Super Bowl. Unless you believe Arteta, a team owned by KSE will not win the Champions League in the near future.
Pedro Liverpool have been an ‘exciting’ project since Bill Shankly walked through the door, over 60 years ago. In the summer of ’74, Arsenal were ahead of Liverpool in the trophy count (8 titles, 1 UEFA Cup each, we had more FA Cups). Between ’73 – ’90 there’s only three years in that period Liverpool didn’t win anything – 1975, 1985 and 1987. Even during their 30 year title drought they won three European trophies, and are still six titles ahead of us. Arsenal have been using the same boring unambitious model for the last 80 years with owners who… Read more »
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Herbs, incorrect.
Liverpool went, what, 30 years without a league win?
Really struggling with you ‘no top club has struggled like Arsenal’ line.
It doesn’t marry with reality.
I truly can’t do anything other than shake my head in disbelief when I read comments about the current squad and how the project and Arteta will eventually become good. Really ? Far too many are massively over rating the bulk of the squad and fail to heed alarm bells Leno is an ok keeper a good standard. Bellerin really is barely reasonable and Cedric is no where near the quality to secure a starting berth Holding, Luiz,Chambers, and Mari would not be close to starting at a CL club. Gabriel is potentially of the standard and without doubt Tierney… Read more »
Nelson American sports is totally different from sports else where. It is a massively centralized and micromanaged business. The Dallas cowboys are America’s biggest sporting organization and they haven’t won a super bowl since 1996. What makes the Glazers better football owners than the Kroenkes? All they did now was provide a retirement home for Tom Brady. It was obvious that whomsoever got Brady would stand a chance to squeeze out one last super bowl left in GOAT American football star. The Kroenkes have been the visionaries recently, building a futuristic stadium in America’s second largest city and moving their… Read more »
Yes our play is improving but despite of not because of our two highest paid players. Unless we can move them both on at the end of this season the drain on our already poor finances could seriously damage the chances of any decent rebuild.
Basically Terraloon we have on balance a mid table squad which is why we are mid table. Can’t see us having the money to buy Oordegard, unless we win the Europa We may even end up having to sell the Likes of Saka just to balance the books. Another big money contract for Laca on top of Auba and Willian would be a disaster.
Liverpool are having a terrible season and still Arsenal are lagging 9 points behind them.
Saliba on French radio making it sound like he’s an Emery player, not an Arteta player.
Leeds winning puts us in the bottom half. Upwards trajectory no doubt.
This season’s Premier league is one of the worst on record with an average Man City looking like World beaters
Only Xhaka ,Bellerin and Willian would gladly call themselves Arteta players
You’re missing the point Pedro. 1974 – 8 titles – Arsenal, Liverpool 1 UEFA/Fairs Cup -Arsenal, Liverpool 0 European Cup 2021 – 19 titles – Liverpool 13 titles – Arsenal 6 European Cup/CL – Liverpool- (level with Bayern Munich) 0 European Cup/CL – Arsenal. So how did Liverpool’s 30 year drought affect Arsenal, Pedro? United reacted and made hay, but Arsenal have been stuck using the same unambitious model for 80 years. Liverpool were still winning significant trophies during their title drought, including the one Arsenal fans can only win on a PlayStation or a computer game. They never stopped… Read more »
Herbs Army I’ll answer it in parts 1) “Pierre It is disingenuous not to acknowledge Liverpool dominated English domestic football in the ’70’s and 80’s, ” of course liverpool were dominant in the 70’s and 80’s My comment confirms this.. “In the English league , no team has completely dominated. liverpool and United had good spells of domination and then liverpool went 30 years without a title ” 2) herbs “Who are the ‘entitled fans’ you refer to? When the perception is that the owners of your club are super wealthy and wield a lot of financial power, it isn’t… Read more »
The Anfield crowd have been a major factor in liverpool’s success .
It’s no coincidence without crowd influence, liverpool are on their worse run of losing games at Anfield since 1964.
Song>denilson/elneny but << partey
Laughable debate going on here
We have a top 6 team with potential
Problem is progress will be hampered by rookie decision making as long as Arteta is here
We will not see top 4 with MA at the helm
We are a mid table team with this leadership structure
Rich
Leave out the political chatter mate it’s way over your head.
Pierre
Wenger should of been sacked after the humiliating 8-2 defeat to Utd.
Ruth
Should fergie have been sacked after being humiliated by Southampton 6-3 and newcastle 5-0 in successive weeks
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Pierre 20:32:19
That was a great analysis
Jury is def out on MA imo, there are some upshoots of progress but he is no Wenger
Pedro-I can understand playing Saka at left-back for strategic reasons but it would be a disaster for relationship management reasons. I’m almost certain Saka renewed his deal with us with the understanding he would not be used in that position. To move him back now, even in the event of a Tierney injury, would be a mistake.
Even ignoring player relationship reasons, he’s proved himself as one of our best attackers and deserves to start there. It might have opened things up chasing a deficit to Villa, but it’s a definite ‘no’ otherwise.
Off topic but if anyone has either the time or inclination go to the official site and watch around a four minute clip of Matty Ryan. Man I love the guy and he’s def 1 of our own. Go youtube and watch afc v nufc in our final season at Highbury. Watch what shearer does to Ralph and Sol you won’t believe what he got away with right under the nose of the ref who was a certain Dermot G. An finally if you want more agony watch the end of our 49 run at OT. So painful to watch.… Read more »
Bielsa deserves a knighthood for what he has done with Bamford.
How can anyone talk vision/progress and defend Arteta with a straight face is really beyond me. Whatever happened to “the table doesn’t lie”? We’re in 11th place. We have MORE losses than we have wins. That, quite frankly, is unacceptable. Emery was sacked based on poor form/results. Why don’t the same standards apply to Pedro’s golden boy?
All see from the comments henry19 is a tiny tott
Upstate
Don’t you know it’s all the refs fault!
Think the only game we win in next 5 or 6 is Benfica and that’ll be the end of Artetta
Terraloon
Yeah, this whole “refs F’d us over” narrative is getting old too. Other teams are ahead of us in the table because they are scoring more goals, and winning more games. If guys like Luiz, Xhaka, Willian cost us games/points then it’s on Arteta to instill some discipline into them/the rest of the squad or drop them.
I can’t see us beating Benfica. We are to tactically naive for Europe and they will target our weaknesses.
Arteta so far had been a real up and down for me, not helped by the fact I keep getting sucked in to Pedros agenda driven propaganda! Ha
And on topic this time I’m a bit confused? Some here crying for the yoot to b given a chance they were in the fa cup and loads of fans said not ready, not good enough, never make it etc. Time is 1 precious commodity that seems to be short supply in this current day and age
Upstate, the table always lies. Jose Mourinho said as much about Brighton the other day. The reason Liverpool have Klopp is because the table lied. They have special stats because the table isn’t always a clear representation of performance.
Leeds are a joy to watch… you can’t tell me that if we had Bielsa in charge, we’d be sitting in 11th place. There’s just no way.
Pedro
” the table always lies. Jose Mourinho said as much about Brighton the other day”
Since when we’re supposed to listen (and believe) to what Jose has to say? I guess since it fits your narrative, right?
True table lies. Leeds and Brighton should be in higher positions, Arsenal should be lower. But can’t argue with the table end of the season.
Upstate, I’ll take the word of someone who has won a league title over yours… generally speaking.
Sure, Pedro, whatever you say. Just the other day you were chastising Jose/Spurs, and laughing at them (even though they are still ahead of us in the table). Jose lies, plays games, manipulates, and does whatever else to detract attention from himself when things are not going his way. You know, I know it, and so does Jose himself. Like I said, when it fits your narrative, you’re happy to use it to push your agenda.
Totally and utterly bored of Arteta already. Just lacks that real charisma. If he was going great guns then his lack in this regard would of course not be an issue but this of course is not the case. Said a while ago that I couldn’t see Arsenal finishing above West Ham and Leeds by the seasons end and still think this. As for Benfica this draw a couple of years ago would have been a real nasty draw but there is no doubt that Benfica have slipped down a level or two since then. Not as strong now. They… Read more »
If Southampton won their game in hand, Arsenal could be 12th.
The so called improvement patch was really due to us playing very poor teams. Now that the bottom teams have been played, we may revert to type.
Upstate, your core premise, that the table doesn’t lie, is false. You just have to accept that you are wrong there.
There are 3 teams 2 points behind us with games in hand. Therefore we could be 13th if they win their games in hand. One of the teams is newly promoted Leeds Utd with a roster of players I have never heard of, costing peanuts. The other 2 are the mighty Southampton and Crystal Palace, both with very ‘modest’ squads. Can one of the Arteta apologists please explain this to me? Young talented players who are not given an opportunity will be looking to exit the club if things do not improve and we will be left with the very… Read more »
Pedro
Not keen on your BS narrative being completely destroyed?
Pedro
In Arsenal’s case the table doesnt lie. Our position is FAIR.
The only games that we didnt deserve to lose were Leicester Home and Wolves Away, but we got a lucky win against West Ham in a game we deserved to lose. So 3 points doesnt make a big difference.
The rest of the games we got what we deserved, no more no less.
So dont pretend that we should be in a better place because that is not true.
Whether the table lies or not we are 11th in the league in a season where we could really have had a chance of getting back to top 4 on the basis of form of spuds, Leicester, Chelsea and pool.
Pedro
“Upstate, your core premise, that the table doesn’t lie, is false. You just have to accept that you are wrong there.”
LOL. I’ll admit it when you admit that you were wrong about Arteta. But as Wenger used to say, “judge me in May”. So we’ll find out in a couple of months where in the table Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal end up.
SAGG, that my friend is very true.
Actualy, Pedro, I will admit that the table (sometimes) lies… because as someone else already pointed out, we should probably be even lower than where we currently are. Two games that come to my mind are Leeds and Soton (1st game). Both were completely undeserved draws, IMHO. If I’m not mistaken, Leeds hit the woodwork 4 times in that game. So yes, we should have 2 points less.
Congratulations Tom Brady
GOAT
If a poll was conducted tonight amongst all Arsenal supporters on whether they feel Arteta, based on what they’d seen so far, is good enough to progress this team, what do you think would be the outcome?
I’d say at least 50% of supporters would say he wasn’t good enough.
The other 50% would be divided into two groups. Yes, he can progress the team, providing he’s given the relevant support, or, the not so sure brigade.
By my calculations that’s a pretty damning indictment
Just watched the replay. I find that replacing Cedric by Saka as the LB was justified. At that time, our attack was halted. Pepe alone couldn’t beat Cash. Cedric was completely useless in attack. After Saka was moved to the LB, he had three high crosses into the box and a cut back to Martin Ødegaard, who almost scored. If Arteta and his team watched the same replay, they should ask the players not to make anymore of those high crosses into the box. Always try to make low passes and cutback to get into the box. We have two… Read more »
Bamdrey Vysoford –
How much do you love OGS? Out of 100.
99?
Pedro You’re in the minority regarding Arteta We all started out hoping he was any good as you hunted. You believed in Arteta so much that you used condescension to belittle his predecessor who was a good decent man. Now the guy you’ve sold is proving to be stellar at only press conferences. You even went on an all out campaign against a certain 19 year old orphan just to suit your Arteta narrative. Now that the lad was voted player of the month at Nice, we all know that it was gross injustice [and incompetence] to park him away… Read more »
I think we could criticize Arteta as much as we want, but it is meaningless to talk about replacing Arteta. The board will not do it this year and most likely next year unless we are not challenging a top4 spot next year. As Marc said, the club is losing money. KSE bought Partey for us. We have to make it clear to KSE that they have to support us in the Summer TW if they want the team to complete for Top4. The current squad is not good enough to complete. (besides MC and the Pool, Manure and Chelsea… Read more »
Nelson
So it’s’ ‘meaningless’ to talk about replacing Arteta because the board won’t do it?
Then what’s the point of posting anything Arsenal here then since nothing we write about will be acted upon?
How do you suppose that we “make it clear” to KSE?
All the average fan can do is talk and write about the club, maybe to vent or whatever. That in itself has meaning.
Diss, I’m not in the minority, you are. Don’t think extremist views in this comment section speak for the general fanbase. They don’t.
Chambers can still be a player for us
Let’s play Benfica on the moon. ?
When you openly hope Arsenal fail because of me, you are just here to troll.
Upstate
So you want us to lose? What a supporter you are.
Chambers can be a player for us? I assume we have a youth player coming through because you surely can’t be talking about Calum Chambers!?
A sin binned supporter, Gbat.
Shameful display there… but who didn’t guess that was the motive?
Always want your team to do well.
Dissenter
I rather we make it clear to KSE that our team can’t complete with MC, Pool, Manure and Chelsea. They have to invest if they want Champions League football. If after they invest in the Summer TW, and we have a good team and still can’t compete, then Arteta has to go. For this season, we have cleaned up the squad and have establish a system to go forward. It is also a good time to develop some youngsters.
Pedro
Shame there’s plenty more like him on here.
I think we’re on the right track. We defend better as a team. Pass it out the back a lot better. We’re controlling games better and now working the ball into good areas and creating good opportunities. The correct final pass/decision is what’s missing.
Agree Gbat, this next batch of games has me on edge, but no better time to get things clicking than Sunday.
I remember the feeling of absolute disgust when my extremely cool cousin started using the word ‘hip’ once she turned about 35.
Apart from boomers who says hip lol???
our season hinges entirely on the EL. Time for arteta to do another FA cup run and bring home the bacon. That would save our season and then some
Let the following parts of an article sink in for a minute: “The Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta conceded towards the end of the January transfer window that his squad was “a little bit short” of left-footed full-backs and the issue was highlighted on Saturday when a mistake in that area of the pitch led to the only goal during their 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa. With Kieran Tierney sidelined through injury and Sead Kolasinac moving to Schalke until the end of the season, the right-footed Cedric Soares has played at left-back for Arsenal’s last five games. The decision to also… Read more »
GBat
The sooner we get better movement and anticipation in and around the box, the better..
Anyone of Martinelli, Eddie or Balogun will do better than what Aubameyang and Lacazette are showing…
Before Christmas, the strikers were feeding off scraps, but now we are getting in great positions in and around the box but the strikers are just not taking up good positions in the area
Calm down MD he didn’t ‘write off the season’ by letting Kola go. Kola played several times this season and was awful. I rate AMN but if the issue he wants to mention is footedness then he’s irrelevant as another rightie
But yeah if you think keeping kola would’ve meant we’d not have had any dumb costly mistakes at LB just because he’s left footed I don’t know what to say to you. As well the mistake from soares was very low level and being right footed was no excuse at all
@China1
That assumption was made by Ornstein and the results speak for themselves. ATM there is no cover on the left side except Saka which has an effect on crosses into the box. It was a problem identified by the manager and he still loaned out AMN ignoring what could be the result. So YES Arteta didn’t care and he was done with 2020/2021 or worst which is maybe closer to the truth incompetent.
Arsenal made two poor transfer decisions in the summer when they recruited Runarsson and Willian. Runarsson was a low budget player and to acknowledge the mistake and move the player on whether as a loan, freebie or sale should not be difficult. However, I doubt that we will recoup much of the money we spent on this player. Willian is however more problematic because we are spending around £10 million pa on his wages and I doubt that you will find too many clubs in England or elsewhere willing to spend more than £40 K pw on his wages. The… Read more »
MD, I might be wrong, but don’t think that Arteta decided that he was done with this season. Otherwise why not prioritise the FA Cup rather than the league. I think that he genuinely believe that we have enough to go for a good League run to make top 4. This is how deluded he is. You can see that after every defeats. Still arguing that we should have won games where we did not threaten the opposition goal. “But my algorithm tell me that we were better. Let’s send more crosses. Statically one will result in a goal.” We… Read more »
MD We have Tierney, saka and Soares all as options at LB. Tierney is quality. Saka can do it if required. Soares can do a job. I always support AMN but he wasn’t a world beater at LB, he was better at RB. Kola was a rubbish defender and shouldn’t be part of any conversation on quality LBs just because he’s left footed If you want to say arteta flushes this season down the toilet it was because he has so often insisted on playing his old crusty favourites irrespective of quality or form. Ironically if AMN had been played… Read more »
Pierre
As good as Aubameyang and Lacazette are, the lone striker role is tough and I don’t think either are well suited. But I’m not sure the other three are ready.
Aubameyang is a world class goal scorer but offers little else. I was hoping some team would come in for him pre season. I understand why we kept him though as trying to replace his goals would’ve been extremely difficult.
I believe a Calvert-Lewin type is what we need going forward.
Stroller,
Tabloid have started to report that Lacazette is part of the “squad clean up” this summer. He won’t be offered a new contract and he does not want one (his relation with Arteta are according to reports quite frosty). He will be sold to whoever is willing to pay around £30 millions for him.
Dissenter
“How is Overmars going top save Arteta from himself?
Simple Dis just fire and replace him
Laca is doing well lately, one can imagine that it may be to get the attention of new suitors. Laca is a good player and offers what Auba cannot. We really need to re think what we are looking for in a striker. Auba has serious limitations and is a goal scorer and thats it. Dont expect anything more than shots from inside and just outside the box. We need a tall striker for the amount of crosses we pour in. A striker who can score with his head… would love someone in the Jimenez mold for this. If we… Read more »
This season is EL or bust I agree China.
It should be a season where we see Martin, Balogun and more kids being bled in.
With our shit finances, we need to look more in house. We have options.
What is holding them up?
Saliba needs to return, its clear there was other drama behind the scenes that led to his outing…. someone pissed of Mike and he make his stance be known it seems
Gbat
I agree a Calvert L or even a Richarlison type… someone who can dribble, beat their man, is a fighter and can score in the air
Saliba yesterday criticized arteta for having judged him just based on two and a half games
Whilst it’s probably a fair statement that is going to go down very badly with Mikel and his high opinion of himself so expect him never to play for us again after this