This week is a huge one. We have a cup competition to proceed in after a leggy performance last week then we take on Leicester, with an opportunity to derail their title bid.
Gooners, this is the week. I’m telling you. It’s going to click. We’re going to be popping corks in our covid bubbles. Wild scenes as someone runs naked down the Holloway Road because we SMASHED Brenda and his team of wannabes.
There’s hope as well. Whenever we lose a game, which has been often this season, the misery brigade come out in force… because they don’t want to hear what’s brewing at Arsenal, well, someone put the #TeanmPOSITIVE news out on twitter yesterday and it’s good.
Shield your eyes, here’s the Premier League since Christmas Day. pic.twitter.com/Amb3InXSrn
— Josh Williams (@DistanceCovered) February 22, 2021
So you don’t have to do it yourself: Since Christmas.
2nd best defence in the league.
3rd most goals per game.
5th best points per game.
Am I taking my clothes off ready for a streak based on the above? No. But it adds weight to the narrative that things are getting better whether you like it or not.
When you factor in the messy hand we’ve been dealt this season, namely, our best player has been more injured this season than he ever has in his career, 62 red cards, 26 players left out of the squad, no preseason for a rookie manager, a rookie manager… well, you start to see the green shoots.
Am I forgiving the first half of the season? No. It was shite. The coach made a bad bet on Willian. Auba lost his mojo. We totally botched squad selection. We started the season believing we could be a fine margins team… this was a terrible mistake. It happened, we didn’t sack Arteta, and that’s that.
But now we have to look to the future. Many of the problems are on their way to being mended.
We ditched most of the deadwood causing problems behind the scenes.
We addressed creativity with youth and a loan player under the age of 31.
The coaching looks like it’s finally starting to kick in.
The football is exciting.
There were a lot of people saying that Pep G was trolling Arteta when he praised him after the game. I’m not so sure. Bielsa did the same. I think people forget that he made him a vital part of his backroom team for three years, he doesn’t do that as a favour. He correctly called that we’ve been the better team in most games since Christmas.
I also find the ‘HE TREATS PLAYERS BADLY’ commentary a bit painful to read. Jose Mourinho and Gareth Bale? Thomas Tuchel double subbing CHO in week 2? OGS and VDB? After years of bemoaning the Colney creche, we’ve now got feelings about binning Matteo G who dived in his own box at the weekend and cost a goal? Please. Nothing will ever be perfect, but let’s be honest, the culture at the club needed a reboot.
Last season, we fought and battened down the hatch. There weren’t many performances you could get excited about, but we were winning. Spanish Tony Pulis banter was fair.
Post-Christmas, we’re performing even when we’re losing. Performances matter, because at some point, they’re rewarded.
This week is when the performance need to convert. Arsenal need to have a 5 game run to restore some faith. If we beat Spurs, Benfica, and Leicester… it’ll go a long way.
Now is the time to make some moves. City was always a long shot. I don’t think Spurs and Leicester are on the same planet. Benfica certainly aren’t. Time to pull out the big wins.
So, short one today. Jump into the podcast if you haven’t. Enjoy your day. See you on the other side.
Dissenter “If my “negativity” doesn’t suit you you can tune unto the sunshine AFC and his ilk are serving” You really are a sad individual. The worst kind of troll. I have tried my best to engage with you but all you do is make nasty little barbs behind my back, when I’m not in the blog. Playing to the crowd, which you always do like your attempts to police this blog. You absolutely despise positive talk about Arsenal. Whether it is about the present or the past, you just won’t allow it. You’ve been called out on it so… Read more »
For me, the biggest villain is that fucking Raul. If he had provided the players needed by Emery, Emery would most probably get us the top4 and may even win the Europa Cup. Some posters uses the excuse of the time required to get rid of players. Emery would have achieved the target long before that. Of course, every new manager needs his type of players for his system. Since the club decided to hire Arteta, and Arteta needs to get rid of some players, we’ll have no choice but to wait until this whole process finishes. That doesn’t mean… Read more »
Klopp has performed miracles considering he’s up against clubs like Man City and Chelsea with unlimited spending power.
#compete.
“ You called me out for not fully supportive of the Odegaard loan. I’m indifferent to it.” You’re the one being disingenuous, actually. You flat out opposed the Odegaard deal, you weren’t ‘indifferent’ at all. You do that whilst ignoring the possibilities of a successful loan move. There’s every chance he could stay longer than 5 months, if things go well. And if he doesn’t but his contribution leaded to qualifying for Europe or winning the EL, then it would have all been worth it anyway. Our academy stars also need rest and rotation to avoid burn out. This is… Read more »
Emiratesstroller
Arsenal lost to Galatasaray in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final, do keep up.
Cheney10
No one is disputing market trends but forgive me for thinking Klopp had more to do with Coutinho’s rise to prominence and taking advantage of Barca and their insane transfer strategy then any outside market forces
Also VVD didn’t just go from being a £13m player to £70m player on a tide of rising player valuations.
He just became the best CB in the world during that time.
BlackStock
I suggest that you focus on supporting Liverpool and not posting on here.
I respect Liverpool as a club and for the record I share my seats with a Liverpool supporter. We
can and do have a civilised and sensible conversation. Unlike you he shows some respect for
Arsenal and their supporters.
Blackstock
As I said you need to learn to read. They won UEFA Cup in 1993-4.
Tom: it was the squad he built around coutinho. A squad he built over ‘3 years’ and I will not dispute his quality as a coach.. However, the point was that the 140M helped Klopp finish the rebuild. Market forces played a part in delivering that 140M as you make reference to in your response.
I believe we have come full circle to the main point: Klopp had time and money to build an outstanding squad.
As a club, we need to follow the same model and as it stands we haven’t given the manager the time or money.
ES
Arsenal won the Cup Winners Cup in 1993-94, not the UEFA Cup.
Emiratesstroller
Inter Milan won the UEFA Cup in 1994
Arsenal won the Cup Winners Cup in 1994.
Herbsarmy and Blackstock… I think we knew what ES meant :-))) Come on, let’s not split hairs here.
Cheney
Two totally different Competitions win one Final fought over two legs
Two different competitions, Cheney.
And I wouldn’t have bothered if ES wasn’t being so snooty about dishing out his ‘knowledge’ whilst reprimanding us for not being as sycophantic as him in our support of all things Arsenal.
Blackstock: yes but we knew ES meant a European competition, we don’t need to try and score points by being pedantic.
I hear that Herbsarmy…
I think we spend a bit too much time trying to out fan each other rather than having a decent debate about the club, no matter which side of the aisle you’re on, we all love.
Herbs Army/Blackstock
What are you two trying to prove. You are both clever “DICKS’
Arsenal won in 1994 the Cup Winners Cup which was the equivalent of UEFA League Cup today albeit with more restricted entry. Milan won the equivalent of Champions league.
I have never suggested that we won the Champions League.
“You are of course being dishonest because the article proved the point that it takes time to build a title-winning team” No one in their right mind would even attempt to dispute that it takes time to build it, mr super fan. It’s the way you’ve gone about proving it that attracted the attention and scorn. And make no mistake about it, Andy did crush you. Look,I get it, your idea of club support is different and that’s fine. The banter directed at your own isn’t your thing , but surely you realize where it is your posting your opinions-… Read more »
Chemney10 “I believe we have come full circle to the main point: Klopp had time and money to build an outstanding squad.As a club, we need to follow the same model and as it stands we haven’t given the manager the time or money.” Spot on. The point was Klopp needed to make massive changes in playing personal. He did a fantastic job but it took him time to bring in the players he needed to deliver on his playing style. 32 new players to win the league, 31 sold and 21 released. Trying to claim that doesn’t take time… Read more »
Mari
Odegaard
Runnarson
Gabi
Matt Ryan
David luiz ( contract extension)
Willian
Soares
Partey
8 players Arteta brought ( luiz contract extension I’ve included as same as buying him, my bad). Yet people still claim he needs time to build HIS team. Just curious but how many more players does he need to buy before it can be called his team?
If you can’t be civilised and respectful and have to resort to childish insults at your age, ES,
don’t bother.
TYAG: Klopp had four windows, Neville said we would need 5 or 6, Arteta said we need at least 6 more players to compete. I guess the answer to your question is in there and it depends on the market, COVID and money we have to spend.
“However, the point was that the 140M helped Klopp finish the rebuild. “
That might’ve been your take on it and it’s perfectly reasonable.
This , however, wasn’t AFC’s point as he formulated it in the post I quoted above , where he literally says Klopp inherited a £140m Coutinho.
Herbs Army
I am normally civilised and respectful, but there comes a point when there is a limit.
Since I started posting on Le Grove there have been only five people that I have reacted in this fashion. Two are you and Blackstock today.
Nelson,
Spot on, Raul is the real evil one. The damage he caused, well, it’s unbelievable. Of course, if we had an owner that cared, he would not of gr8 away with it.
Harry Kane is a greasy cunt.
Not racist. Fact.
@Nelson, Great point, I’m pretty confident that if Emery had got Zaha as he wanted rather than Pepe (preferred by Raul) then we would have gained that extra 1 point and made top 4. I’m sure that everyone would have been happy with that because as we know no-one would want the club to fail to fulfil their own agenda would they?
Tom “No one in their right mind would even attempt to dispute that it takes time to build it, mr super fan. It’s the way you’ve gone about proving it that attracted the attention and scorn” Well, you certainly did…..!! No idea why it upset you so much bit weird. All I did was list the numbers of players sold and bought to support the claim it takes time to build a quality team. Knocked it out of the park to be fair. It only winds you up because it challenges your narrative. PS: I cannot take anyone seriously when… Read more »
Tom: Again, we are splitting hairs a little and playing with semantics. He did inherit him in the sense he was there before Klopp arrived. Then through Klopp’s building of a team and market forces, a perfect storm if you like, resulted in the player he inherited being worth 140M.
Cheney10
“TYAG: Klopp had four windows, Neville said we would need 5 or 6, Arteta said we need at least 6 more players to compete. I guess the answer to your question is in there and it depends on the market, COVID and money we have to spend”.
Hard to believe this has to be explained. Over and Over. You have the patience of a saint.
Fair enough. I just thought after adding 8 players and getting rid of a load of players, that we could say reasonably that this is Arteta’s team. Guess I was wrong. Or is it that we have to wait till Arteta becomes good before we can call it his team
Because if it does, we will have to wait a fucking long time before it can be called his team.
AGC Forever
Do I seem upset or wound up to you?
Pointing out your ridiculous bias is pure pleasure.
I never get upset doing things that are fun.
Emiratesstroller
It is you who is confused
There were three European Competitions in 1994
Champions League
UEFA cup
Cup Winners Cup
@Tom
🤣🤣🤣
You invited it by putting up false information and then moving the goalposts to fit your narrative.
Honestly!
Do you really think United, Liverpool, City or Chelsea fans count Charity/Community Shield wins in their trophy count?
You’re behaving like a spoilt child stamping your feet because you can’t win some ridiculously futile argument.
I’ll ask you again.
How many of the opponents Arsenal beat to win the Community Shield did they finish above going into that season, by seasons end?
TYAG: 8 players and for this point I’m purposely ignoring the loan deals in your list. Only Gabi and Partey are first eleven buys. We need 6 first team buys, not squad players. At that point we can call it his team.
Thank you, AFCF.
Tom I watched a debate a while back between Jordan Peterson and a channel 4 journalist called Cathy Newman. During the debate, she did what you do, and kept saying “So you are saying” twisting everything he said. As he was a clinical psychologist, he pointed out that her tactic was a common one before finally eating her alive. You should watch it on Youtube, its very funny. You are Cathy Newman. What I actually said was: “When Klopp joined Liverpool he knew he had a rebuilding job – the current playing stock wasn’t either good enough or suitable for… Read more »
Just to be an additional pedant the European Cup became the Champions League in 1992/3, so AC Milan did win the CL not the old European Cup in ’94.
As an aside Arsenal also won the Football League Centenary Trophy in 1988 if we’re counting the Charity/Community Shield we may as well throw that in too. As it’s unlikely to be played again until 2088 we may well prove to be the longest holders of a trophy on record!
@Cheney10
The only loanee in their now is odegaard. If you then add fact he gave contract extensions to luiz and Aubu I’m pretty sure you can call this team Arteta’s team. After all didn’t he convince Xhaka to stay? Also if only 2 of his signings are deemed first team players then we can also say he’s brought in some shite players then.
Andy1886: 😂😂😂 A great post to lighten the mood!
TYAG: Again, for the 3rd time today, this is not Football Manager. We have a budget, and we are shopping at Aldi not Waitrose. Failure to get champions league money for a number of years tends to have this impact.
Klopp just sold a 20 year old Brewster ,who looks absolutely out of his depth at this level at Sheffield, for $28m during the worst market in recent memory.
Lucky I guess.
Pedro does make me laugh with these random and very selective stats to back up his viewpoint. I seem to recall him trashing Wenger supporters for claiming the ‘Calendar Year Trophy’ back in the day. Stats can prove anything. For example who went the most games unbeaten in a single league season? You might say Arsenal but statistically Nottingham Forest played 42 games in 77/78 and were unbeaten in 39 of them. Lies, damn lies and statistics as they say.
Liverpool Net Spend last 5 years: £106m
Arsenal Net Spend last 5 years: £267m
@Cheney
I didn’t say it was football manager did I. I was just asking when we can call it his team, considering
He’s brought in 8 players
Given 2 players contract extension
Got rid of Ozil , kola, Mustafi, Saliba, torreria, guen etc
So at what point can we claim it’s his team? Also I’m pretty sure if you ask most EPL managers they’ll all say they are 3-4 players away from competing, so Arteta is not only one who needs to improve his current team.
Fact is, this is Arteta’s team and he is underperforming massively if we compare him to Emery let alone Wenger
Tom and Blackstock: Neither of your posts are relevant in a debate about the current manager; however, would be pertinent in a discussion about how our wonderful club has been run. I think we can all agree that it’s been mismanaged and our assets haven’t been utilised well enough.
Next season will be the 3rd season under this current manager which is more than enough time to mould a team.
A lot of disingenuous argument about the time and money it took Klopp to claim his first premier league tiyle. Klopp used the time and money to move from 8th to first and two champion’s league finals. However in his first full season, without spending money with a team that can only described as poor, he moved them from 8th to 4th. In the same timeframe, Arteta took a squad that had barely missed top 4, add better players and tanked it to bottom half of the league. Arteta promised William that within 3 years Arsenal hoped to win the… Read more »
I’m not an Emery apologist, but compare his first season to arteta’s and it’s chalk and cheese. Just saying if Rmery was a poor manager, then just how poor does that make Arteta?
@Valentin
Well said
Jordan Peterson is a weak bitch. The only thing he’s eaten is a shit load of benzos.
Cheney10
The club redeemed themselves hiring an elite manager.
Ffs – the comments are getting ridiculous – Arteta has only just been here for over a year. He inherited a shit bunch of players some of whom Emery was responsible. He’s had to manage in lockdown almost ever since. Has everyone on here now forgotten the dire performances we got from 1st half of last season? Nothing under MA has come even close to those dire matches We do look overall like we’re heading in the right direction. The defence looks tougher and we’re starting to get creativity. This season is a write off probably but let’s see. Stop… Read more »
AFC “Compare that to what Arteta has been able to do? Arteta started getting rid of deadwood but he still has a lot of players here that he knows aren’t good enough or suitable.” It’s not so much not good enough but more unsuitable for the style of football he wants to play The problem i have is that some of the signings and new contracts are very contradictory to the Arteta philosophy. The way I’m reading it is Arteta wants the team to play with high intensity and press from the front as a unit. This being the case… Read more »
Nothbanker “Ffs – the comments are getting ridiculous – Arteta has only just been here for over a year. He inherited a shit bunch of players some of whom Emery was responsible. He’s had to manage in lockdown almost ever since. Has everyone on here now forgotten the dire performances we got from 1st half of last season? Nothing under MA has come even close to those dire matches” This. Emery was a disaster. Without the ball, we were more Kamikaze than a Japanese shoehorned into a zero. Against transition virtually, every attack lead to a shot on goal. I… Read more »
Nortnbanker
AFC Forever
Emery still managed a 5th place finish which is more than can be said of this current incumbent.
Pierre “The summer transfer window will tell us all we need to know. Arteta has been very unlucky with the injuries to Partey and Tierney ( and Mari ) .Recent signnings and influential players that have rarely played or been at full fitness for more than a few games makes it very difficult for a manager to build a settled side, especially with the soft red cards that have gone against Arsenal and the inevitable suspensions”. Great point. I agree totally about the suitability of players to fit within a tactical framework, I mentioned it earlier, that’s why you can’t… Read more »
AFC Forever
Klopp won the title because he has pedigree unlike the rookie we just hired.
Pierre We might need that 100 mill of sales you speak of to stay afloat with the players we got if we miss European football I kindly suggest you have a good look how bad our finances are , this is why I personally think this waiting on arteta coming good is dangerous to our club . Let this sink in , we stick with him and he misses out on European football the following season and we are probably entering having to sell a saka or anyone worth big value . But it’s ok let’s wait and see if… Read more »
I like Foden’s shot, low and hard.
AFC,
That debate with Cathy Newman was priceless, I’ve never seen a TV journalist so systematically destroyed, leftie bitch. And she was a remainer.
TYAG,
Are you deliberately being a greasy cunt, or, does it come naturally?
Honestly I believe Klopp was given time because a) he had a pedigree, and b) he showed continuous improvement: Year 1 (not a full season): Made the finals of both the League Cup and the Europa League. Year 2 (first full season) Made the CL places in 4th (progression in the league, securing CL financial benefit) Year 3 Made the CL places again, Runner up in the CL. Year 4 Finished second by 1 point to City and gained 97 points. Won the CL (thank God). Year 5 Won the PL by 18 points, won the UEFA Super Cup, Won… Read more »
I don’t think anyone is expecting Arteta to be competing for the title right now with our current squad.
What we should expect is that a club with our resources should be competing for a Champions League spot or at a bare minimum a Europa League spot. We shouldn’t be getting outperformed by teams like West Ham, Aston Villa and Leicester.
Is it possible that Arteta is a very good coach but has simply too many flaws to succeed as an elite manager? We’ve seen it quite a few times before in this league.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
E.g. the simplicity of the points table shows how good Arteta is, and how good Arsenal is this season.
Don’t complicate it with xG, defensive structure, and other 1000 reasons.
Points table speaks for itself.
We are digging ourselves into a hole that we won’t be coming out of for a long long time.
There will be no new signings in the off-season, only sales.
we are struggling to cover the club’s operating expenses without the stadium functioning, so what leads anyone to believe that we will have money in the summer for arteta to spend? Dependent on our league finish?
That answers that really.
Being a cheerleader for a divisive blowhard like Peterson is a bad look.
It’s a small thing, but everyone over 45 must know that the Uefa Cup and the CWC were different competitions. I had some great days watching us at Torino, Liege and Auxerre in that period – the Zaragoza final in Paris less so…
Andy the FA centenary trophy. Fond memories and definitely a valid trophy. Peak Brian Marwood!
Pierre,
We can easily raise £100 million in sales?
Yeah, I suppose we could get 40 for Willock, and 60 for Runnason, so the maths work.
Kroenkephobe – did you go to Torino? We were right up in the Gods, dull game and the Stadio delle Alpi was a crumbling concrete bowl. Classic example of an average team over-achieving in the CWC that season, it’s what good managers do, overcome the odds against better sides not bitch about player poverty.
@i hate Green Bay
My god you called me a greasy cunt, apparently that’s racist. I’m very very offended. Ooops no I’m not, couldn’t give a fuck.
You can see that Arteta is copying Pepe’s system. João Cancelo is the left back but has a free role to play in the midfield. He just setup Silva for the first goal.
Arteta allows Bellerin to move in the midfield. But Bellerin is no match to João Cancelo.
I hate Green Bay We could actually generate 100m in sales but it depends on which players we offload. I’m sure Partey, Saka and Tierney could get us to that number. The only problem is what happens to our income when we drop into the Championship the following season. Seriously though, the real risk we face is that in a summer when we should be able to generate decent income from Arteta’s unwanted players, the market is so depressed that we’ll only be able to generate a fraction of the amount we need to properly rebuild. We’ll basically be selling… Read more »
@I hate Green Bay
All I’m arguing is that all I hear is it’s not Arteta’s team. But as I’ve explained if you look at the squad Emery had in his last year and compare it to the squad Arteta has this season, then surely by now it has to be Arteta’s team. Doesn’t it? To claim it’s not his team because he needs 6 more players, surely that’s wrong as you ask most EPL managers and they’ll all probably say they need to improve their squads.
Northbanker “Ffs – the comments are getting ridiculous – Arteta has only just been here for over a year. He inherited a shit bunch of players some of whom Emery was responsible. He’s had to manage in lockdown almost ever since. Has everyone on here now forgotten the dire performances we got from 1st half of last season? Nothing under MA has come even close to those dire matches” Lol, this is got to be sarcasm. Arteta has hd 3 transfer window same with Emery’s tenure.. We were never 11th at any point in time under emery, a position you… Read more »
Anonymous commentator At last someone who gets it , while everyone arguing stick with arteta or get rid just as a point to say who was right or who was wrong is missing the big dangerous fucking picture . What’s best for arsenal is all that matters if they successfull and look like they heading in the right direction who gives a fuck who the manager is , this guy is potentially delivering us in potentially having to sell out best players in a few years but it’s all cool because we got plenty of time for arteta to learn… Read more »
“We do look overall like we’re heading in the right direction. The defence looks tougher and we’re starting to get creativity. This season is a write off probably but let’s see. Stop judging everything on the last game people.”
Heading in the right direction to 11th, scored 31 league goals.
No one is judging off the last game but this season.
Andy I did and loved it. The CWC was the lesser of the three trophies but those two years provided some great memories and I got the sense that George and the team thoroughly enjoyed their European adventures. I didn’t get to that semi final in Genoa (?) against Samp that was decided on pens (I worshipped Stefan Schwartz that night from my flat in N5). Best of all was that 0-7 game in Liege. I played several times against Eddie McGoldrick as a kid so it was special when he scored. I know he would never make an all… Read more »
Not sure the Klopp/ Arteta comparison is like for like. What is indisputable is that it took Klopp several years to develop Liverpool to be a winning side. Klopp already had considerable success with Dortmund. I think some people are being unreasonable when it comes to Arteta and expectations. I can completely accept the argument that we should have appointed a manager with experience, Ancelotti for example. However we chose a novice manager who was highly rated as a coach with potential rather than experience. If you appoint an inexperienced manager you surely have to accept that he will be… Read more »
We have lost 11 games this season. At no point in our history has that been the case but somehow someone thinks people are over reacting because of the last result.
Our so called “improved defence” has us in 11th, we’ve literally lost more than we’ve won with the potential for that to be even more.
We are double digits points behind Leicester and West Ham, that’s how quite bad our season has been but yet folks seem to think anyone complaining is merely “moaning”
I mean to be so far behind a David Moyes team is totally laughable really
Our loss to Galatasary in Copenhagen was easy to explain, I witnessed it first hand. Galatasary had never made a European final, Arsenal’s players looked embarrassed to be in the competition. Our squad was in the top 8 in Europe and should never have dropped into the lesser cup. If we’d been mentally right we would have walked it.
I think MC needs Sergio Agüero to win the Champion League. Gabriel Jesus is not good enough. I also don’t find their “false 9” is any good.
Bob N16
Big Clubs like Arsenal should not be signing inexperienced managers…period.
Bob N16
Arsenal choked in the UEFA Cup Final
Oh and you could see from the very first game against Chelsea what Klopp was trying to do at Liverpool, from the get go really. It didn’t need multiple transfer windows to guage what it was he was trying to do. There was an almost instant blueprint there. Even a Graham Potter had far lesser players playing to a particular style when he came in immediately.
Why oh why do we need multiple windows and multiplex seasons to see what exactly Arteta is trying to achieve? Someone make it make sense to me please
@Batistuta
Yep. Spot on
1 v 1 Gabriel Jesus is screwed up again.
Bob N16 “some people are being unreasonable when it comes to Arteta and expectations. I can completely accept the argument that we should have appointed a manager with experience, Ancelotti for example. However we chose a novice manager who was highly rated as a coach with potential rather than experience. If you appoint an inexperienced manager you surely have to accept that he will be learning on the job and will make mistakes along the way but ultimately the investment in young talent could come to fruition if he is backed properly with player acquisitions. For me, the jury is… Read more »
Batistuta
Well said
Batistuta
The marker has been set, Arteta needs to make 80 transfers before he should compete for the title.
@Tom
🤣🤣 well only another 71 to go then. Cool
I’m so confused. How is arteta given so much rope to hang himself with weekly and the man still hasn’t been put out of his misery and sacked? Who does everyone think we’re gonna sign next season? Won’t have enough money for ceballos let alone odegaard, and they wouldn’t want to sign permanently with us either barely making top 10 or out of the top 10 altogether. Arteta is not the guy to be in the arsenal job. It’s been over a seasons worth of games, he’s done worse than his contemporaries, we are sliding backwards and I promise you… Read more »
2 – 0 Game over. The goal is again engineered by João Cancelo.
Anonymous
Well said
“Batistuta
The marker has been set, Arteta needs to make 80 transfers before he should compete for the title.”
How many before winning the CL then as that came first…(and will that be within 3 years and include Willian?).
Although Klopps were pre covid transfers , now everything is harder , so add another 40 for good measure.
João Cancelo’s pass into the box is so accurate. Our Bellerin and Tierney are not of the same class.
The weirdest thing of course is that if Arteta were given four years to duplicate Klopps achievements and failed badly, all the excuses have already been built into the inevitable whitewashing that would follow. Covid, empty stadium, when Klopp was doing it there were only six contenders ,now there’s eight or ten, no £140m Coutinho fallen in his lap………… And before any super fan accuses me of demanding too much of the generational one, these were my predictions for this season, again: Sixth in PL, semis FA cup , quarters in Europe, let the kids have at it in the… Read more »