There’s literally nothing worse than losing under this current regime.
I’m wondering if it’s unique to Arsenal, the moment, or just football now… but every club has it. United fans talk about #OGSOUT after a draw. Pep was a fraud last season. Klopp amazingly has detractors.
I saw someone bemoaning ‘trust the process’ and ‘back the manager’ yesterday. Like, I get it, when something is clearly dead, you’ve got to move it on fast… we’re not there yet. Worth noting that West Ham fans were very much Moyes out at the end of last season (and the start of this one), look at them now, chasing down top 4.
Arsenal fans are kind of like West Ham fans these days, beaten down by a very long stretch of mediocrity, now everyone is a nihilist. My favourites of those types are the people that backed Wenger to the hilt when it was clear he’d reached his ceiling. If he’d been moved on in 2013, I’m not sure we’d be where we are right now. Summer 2015 would never have happened. We might not have needed a Don Raul. Ivan might have actioned a Sven like plan early. Could have been very different.
Now we’re in the worst of all situations… the ‘no quick fix’ one.
We tried the quick fix in Wenger’s last season. It didn’t work.
We tried another round of quick fix in Emery’s first summer. It didn’t work.
We then went for strike 3 trying to save Emery and that also didn’t work.
Mikel Arteta is David Cameron with Liam Byrne’s ‘I’m afraid there’s no money’ note after Gordon B lost the election. I remember writing about this a decade ago… the longer you leave a problem in football, the more expensive it is to fix. Well, here we are. 18 months into a 5 year plan and it’s difficult because we’re reengineering everything at the same time. We’re doing that because we’re trying to build sustainable football and a sustainable transfer model… not something that is fleeting.
That doesn’t mean there’s no hope, far from it… it just means if you’re a fan and you think there’s a silver bullet manager, you’re living in a deluded world. High profile managers won’t touch us because we’re a resume spoiler. Hot shit young managers, like Nagelsmann, are not in our league. So you either bum it around with names like Nuno (Emery) or you take a chance on an upstart coach like we’ve done.
There are two challenges we have at the moment.
- We don’t have the players needed to play the way Arteta wants to play in enough volume
- It is super questionable whether Edu is the Technical Director who can lead us out of this shithole moment
I think if Arteta was just coaching, I’d be more confident about the next 6 months. The fact he is anywhere near the decision-making process for players is deeply concerning.
Outside player recruitment, which we can talk about another day, there are things Arteta needs to get right super quick.
ACT ON THE INSIGHTS
In business, I find there are two types of operators at a certain level. Those that can recognize problems and do the job. Those that can recognize problems, do the job, and fix the problems. The first is Matty Flamini on the football pitch, pointing everywhere, but not doing much about it. What you really want is the Matty Flamini post-career, looking at climate change, and coming armed with a solution that WILL save the world.
Arteta, at the moment, looks like he’s midfielder Flamini.
He points to the problem really well. The issue? He doesn’t do enough about that said problem. In fact, sometimes he points at a problem and goes to great lengths to praise the offenders. He has a saving grace here, the pandemic fucked world football. Money didn’t move, no one was taking chances, we were left with a bloated squad.
This summer, we’ll truly see what sort of a leader is.
If you are pointing your finger at individual errors, you need to fix them. We can’t see a new deal for David Luiz, he’s made more errors than most this past season. We have to minimize Xhaka next season because he’s another one who has mistakes costed in. Dani Ceballos should not be renewed. Big Mo needs to be passed on. You might ask questions about our keeper.
If you are pointing your finger about our lack of edge in the attacking phase of our game, you’ve got to stop giving deals to old players that can’t do the job. Auba is a great striker, but he’s not really what Arteta needs from a 9 and he’s a million miles from what we need on the wing. Willian can’t move, it’s embarrassing that Arteta thought he’d be the move. Lacazette, he’s been good, but against the backdrop of the other two being dreadful. Pepe, not cut out for it.
… it’s a mess… but we can’t keep pointing at it. It needs to be fixed. We need to move forward.
We can’t go into this summer knowing the problems and not fixing them. Worse, we can’t know what the problems are… then make more mistakes to exacerbate them.
DODGE THE THINGS THAT MAKE ARSENAL FAIL
This is a subcategory of the first issue.
It’s easy to work in a winning environment. Everyone is confident. Pressure is lower. Things feel sexy. You don’t learn an awful lot. It’s like driving on the open road.
The losing environment is the most important place to identify the true character of the people that make up your team. Who showed up every day? Who gave 100% in the dressing room? Who turned up early and left late? Who was curious? Who didn’t hide? You find out who can drive on the Champs-Élysée round about.
Arteta looked like he based his summer on the cup win. He should have based it on our league form. True character, in this side, isn’t BIG games, it’s the little games that don’t matter. 10 months later, we’re dealing with the same issues. The Liverpool game was about character, not ability… but how can you be surprised? When the games don’t matter, these players NEVER show up. The lessons of the Liverpool game need to be carried into the summer. You cannot coach character.
DOUBLE DOWN ON THE THINGS MAKE YOU BETTER
Arteta has two masters, the fans, and the results. You have to be doing a good job with both to stay in the job.
What makes the fans happy? Young players.
What makes the team better? Young players.
Who has consistently let us down this season? Senior players.
You could say that is overly simplistic, but I’m not sure I’d agree. Young players give you fight, hunger, and sellable assets. There’s no argument that, in our situation, signing 32-year-old wingers from Chelsea is the better move.
The frustration I have with Arteta is that he keeps on forgetting what kept him in a job. It was not Auba. It was not Willian. It was not Lacazette. It was players like Saka, Martinelli, ESR, and Tierney. Hungry players.
I don’t want to see Arsenal trying to sign Griezmann in the summer. I don’t want to see us in for 27 year olds. Our finances don’t give us the baller money needed to get the best of players at those ages. We need to go young. Martin Odegaard, that’s the profile we want. Martinelli, starting every week, that’ll make us smile. William Saliba needs to come back and be coached to the greatness we know is there.
No more bumming around trying to justify horrendous summer decisions on senior players. Move them on if we can and replace with names that are hungry to impress.
Fans will forgive young players, they will not forgive underperforming coasters on big money.
BETTER NARRATIVES
What’s the fucking story at Arsenal?
You always knew what it was with Wenger.
We’re going to go invincible.
We’re going to have the best kids in the world grow together.
We’re going to build out a new project with Brits.
The plans didn’t always work, but you took a ride with Wenger.
Jose Mourinho always had a great narrative you could follow along with.
Jurgen Klopp keeps you bubbling along.
What is the vision with Arteta? I know he wants to play nice football, but because he doesn’t have a narrative, it makes it hard to know what’s going on.
If the Liverpool game was in the bin, give us a hint of what’s going on, and staff accordingly.
The management-speak makes it hard to follow what we’re doing. I can see things unfolding on the pitch I like, but I’d like to know how this gets better. Where is the momentum coming from? What are we planning to fix this summer? What is a summer going to do to arrest 12 defeats 30 games into a season?
We lack a good narrative. You know, even if the narrative is painful, I’d take it. My worry now is that there’s a lack of clarity in the system and it’s further clouded because the person writing it is the person who is trying to learn the ropes of coaching on his first job.
Hopefully, all of the above is being taken care of. Whether you like it or not, the City and Liverpool games have not been par the course since December. That performance at the weekend was a kink in the system, but one the fans widely understand is there. Arteta and Edu need to action it. Move us forward. Get the fans back on track with this rebuild. We can’t keep on pointing at it. If we are this time next season, it’ll be time for a new manager, because the project will have failed.
Have a great day, see you in the comments. x
Rich
Not sure if you ever studied Plato’s simile of the sea captain but you did him proud there.
EBENING
It’s all about the summer transfer window now.
Edu/arteta dreamteam!!
As long as Edu is here, Arsenal won’t move forward.
This i have seen
Pool vs Real will start soon!
Almuniasaynomore
No never read that
Nelson, not sure whether to watch that game or the Dortmund game
https://www.ogcnice.com/en/news/42512/william-a-calm-head
Nice post Pedro Fans are always down after a performance like the one on Saturday Still plenty to play for this season, our fixtures to the finish line are favourable, Liverpool are still one of the best teams in Europe, it can happen The 10 points currently from 4th, aren’t insurmountable for next season, plenty of fine margins games that we should be looking to push in our favour We’ve put in some very good performances at times this season If Arteta + Edu can make some astute moves, and KSE back us, we can definitely be better next season… Read more »
Rich, how extensive do you think the summer needs to be?
Sometimes I think 3… sometimes it feels like 8
When Liverpool’s press is on, the level of technical skill you need to play around it is something else.
Fab saying Hector is for sale this summer… nothing strange since he is not making the playing XI and Chambers filling it up.
The way Madrid beat the Liverpool high press is amazing
Liverpool wish they could play Arteta-ball everyday of the week.
Why does the liverpool goalkeeper look like 70’s mexican cartel kingpin?
“Ivan might have actioned a Sven like plan early”
This being the same guy that is letting a number of contracts run down at Milan, same as he did at Arsenal? That Ivan???
“I think if Arteta was just coaching, I’d be more confident about the next 6 months. The fact he is anywhere near the decision-making process for players is deeply concerning.”
That!
Who is this Vini JR from Real. He is giving the Pool’s defense all sort of problems..
What, in your opinion Pedro, would be the point of no return for Arteta at Arsenal? What would be the moment of realization that its over?
That Tony K ball… wow… and the control. So good
Pedro
Summer requires another winter-level exorcism of surplus to give us an idea of what moves are possible. I’m personally extremely hopeful that we see two attackers join on top of Odegaard. At least one in the style of Buendia is a must.
So there’s 3 before we even touch CM and replacing Bellerin, who is apparently off end of season.
Arteta doesn’t do youth so it’s a lost cause.
Edu and Arteta are taking us down, both rookies and are poor managers.
A five year plan with these two , no thanks
Dortmund should be level here. Not sure what the ref is thinking here.
Trent Alexander Arnold will regret playing Arsenal to prepare for Amadeus today.
A stronger opponent would have better set him up for tonight
That was a legit goal, var is freaking useless / corrupt as fuck
AA headed the ball to a real player for the 2nd goal. 2 – 0
Looks like the Pool spent all their energy in our game.
Hate to split political hairs, but the note in the Treasury desk was left by Liam Byrne and read in the first instance by George “we’re all in this together” Osborne. Until then, it had been one of those wanky parliamentary traditions that always happened sotto voce between departing Treasury ministers and was considered funny. Yeah right. But the opportunist in Osborne used it to have a cheap shot at the Labour administration and grassed Byrne up to all his reactionary chums in Fleet St and the BBC. All this ironically, before Osborne and Cameron introduced swingeing austerity and blamed… Read more »
“What is the vision with Arteta? I know he wants to play nice football, but because he doesn’t have a narrative, it makes it hard to know what’s going on.” But this in itself is exactly what one should expect from a manager whose only real previous experience in management was pre-chewing Pep’s food for him. Arteta is likely really good at X’ and O’s on a board, but to put it into action, thats the trick. To be honest, it would have done Arteta wonders if he whet his teeth at the lower levels where visibility is nowhere near… Read more »
Another shortcoming of VAR here, just because the ref had already blown the whistle, a clear and obvious mistake by the ref cannot be reviewed. Ederson screeed up but gets the foul. Was saying at work earlier with colleagues about VAR, it was brought in to correct mistakes and to end the ‘it all evens out in the end’ malarkey. Now the talk is ‘all the VAR decisions even out in the end’ well what’s the point in it being there then? Would rather not have it at all if it’s this hit and miss. The summer it needs a… Read more »
Obviously, Keita is not in the same level as Thiago
“The 10 points currently from 4th, aren’t insurmountable for next season, plenty of fine margins games that we should be looking to push in our favour” Your optimism is well founded Rich, but Saturday really was the straw that broke this teams collective back. That was Arsenal’s worst performance in, geez, a long time. Even when they put up poor results in the past they at least showed inklings of something. Saturday it was as though Liverpool played against no one. Play the kids for the remainder of the season, it cant possibly be any worse than Saturday. Arteta may… Read more »
Zizou has bossed this so far… Madrid in total control
“Why does the liverpool goalkeeper look like 70’s mexican cartel kingpin?”
70’s Porn Star, Sid!
Real Madrid doing to Liverpool what Pool did to us on Saturday. Impressive stuff.
Pedro
Get a grip, the note left by Labour was a joke, stroll on.
Correction – Byrne’s note was to Lib Dem minister David Laws. Remember the coalition? Remember the Lib Dem Party?
‘Your optimism is well founded Rich, but Saturday really was the straw that broke this teams collective back’
You are speaking for the mentality of the team without being at the training ground or seeing the ramifications of a bad game against the Chamopions?
Bit of a stretch.
Arnold targeted for his defensive weaknesses.
Too bad Arsenal did think of that.
Something something about balls and courage
“Bit of a stretch.”
No, bit of a stretch is saying that Arteta is Elite and Generational. What exactly has he accomplished to be bestowed with such high praise?
Keep things in perspective please.
RM are a fast strong team playing very direct high pressure footie, no Spanish tippy tappy possession play.
Ernest Reed, won an FA Cup in his first 6 months. If he wins Europa, which is very do-able, then we’ll be tracking nicely.
Back to your point… you can’t claim losing against Liverpool is a camel back breaker, because you haven’t seen the output. So you are, as usual, projecting what you’d like to be the case.
I would not be surprised if Edu suddenly grew a backbone and ask for Arteta sacking this summer.
He is not stupid and he must realise that half the team is just interested anymore in whatever Arteta is selling.
With a lack of funds and Arteta demands for a full rebuild, getting rid of Arteta and give a chance to the youngsters maybe a cheaper and more realistic approach.
Just watched the replay. Can never touched Rodri’s face, but he covered his face with both hands to buy a penalty.
Have had an entire season of that crap, Pedro. You call it projecting, i call it a harsh dose of reality. You think its fun watching such a lousy team perform this way, week in and week out?
Im not projecting, im calling a spade a spade, Arsenal are pure abject crap this season. You may see it otherwise, but after Saturday’s “non-performance”, i dont know what you can call it? Back breaking? Much ado about nothing? You tell me, you are better placed to know than i am.
Nelson
Reminds me a little of the Rivaldo nonsense years ago, ball got kicked at his legs, he went down like a sack of spuds holding his face.
So many rules that need to be straightened out or plain re written with VAR. it’s a mess right now.
We couldn’t lay a glove on Liverpool. Now Liverpool can’t lay a glove on Real. If we got back into the Champions league it would only be for the cash as R16 is as far as we could go.
Calling a spade a spade would be saying that you are pesonally upset about Arsenal… not talking about breaking camel backs.
Valentin, the man that sanctioned Cedric and Willian throwing stones this summer? I would be very surprised.
To be honest Pedro, I have had a year that i would most sincerely rather forget. I hoped above all hope that Arsenal may provide me with some joy, at least to temporarily allow me to focus on that. Its been hard and if I’ve been hard on you it was never my intention. Im struggling with life and often i find myself unable to know what to do next.
I apologize if I’ve brought you grief, sincerely so. Im just not in a good place at times (not all the time).
If he wins Europa, we are fourth since Xmas, we have the fifth best defense, we have a five year plan, etc
Deluded.
Reality is so different, we stink, we are weak, we have overpaid overage players, we are sinking down.
Mid table , worst season for 25 years.
Let’s give our savior another ten years, he might get us in the top six.
Pedro
What are your thoughts on Auba, and the elevation he was given in the dressing room with the captaincy and contract?
Looks a real contentious one 6 months later, lots of issues emanating from that alone imo.
Chris
It’s still humans making judgment calls whether running and trying to keep up with play or sitting in the comfort of a studio.
Luiz concedes a pen after makes minuscule contact with Wolves attacker that needed five different replays to determine, while Maguire is all over Welbeck like a cheap suit for a no call.
Pedro,
The man who decided to for Partey and drop the negotiation for Aouar. He had enough of Arteta refusal to compromise, knowing that uncompromising attitude would have end up with no deal coming through.
We both know that Arteta was extremely cross about it. But what has been left out of the reports was that Edu was also very unhappy. He felt that had he not intervene, he would have been held responsible for the fiasco.
You do not survive the fights within the Brazilian FA without being ruthless and know when to get rid of enemies
Ernest, it’s just football jousting… no one brings grief to this blog, especially not you! I’m sorry if you don’t feel yourself or my tone is offensive today. I just had surgery. Lying on my back in pain shooting out comments. Think about the Premier League this season… which teams are expeirencing good things? West Ham and City are the only fanbase that could say they were happy right now. This year is a write-off. It will not be like this next season. Normality will resume. There will be more joy ahead. We might even get some in the Europa.… Read more »
2 – 1 now. Pool’s midfield is much more fluid with Thiago
Thank you Pedro, you remain always a good gentleman. Speedy recovery to you and enjoy the painkillers! 😉
Valentin, you are making up narratives again.
Arsenal tried for Auoar and kept the powder dry on Partey knowing they could strike a deal last minute if they didn’t find a creator.
All the rest of that cute story was padded by your imagination.
Auba’s contract extension was a mistake even worse than his hair extensions.
I was for extending him at the time but I was wrong. Then again I’m not getting £5m a year so I didn’t need to be right.
His reaction after being benched for the NLD says it all.
Pedro Our squad is far too big, it was unmanageable with 31 for the first part of the season Next season I want to see a first team squad of 22 if we qualify for Europe, and a squad of 20 if we don’t, and I want our squad to make some sense Leno, genuine competition for Leno to keep him on his toes Soares, Invest in a top right back if we can get Bellerin + Chambers out Tierney, genuine competition for Tierney Holding, Saliba Gabriel, Mari Xhaka, Elneny Partey, Either bring Willock in, or invest in a young… Read more »
You fresh off a sex change Pedro? Drop us your preferred pronouns
Tom “ Luiz concedes a pen after makes minuscule contact with Wolves attacker that needed five different replays to determine, while Maguire is all over Welbeck like a cheap suit for a no call.” A great example of what VAR was supposed to be brought in for and another great example of how inconsistent it is. Is football so complex and convoluted that the same type of incident cannot be consistently measured in any different match? It’s a funny old gamers they say, but not really. You would still expect a seldom human error of course and it happens in… Read more »
Pedro: I think you are Arteta’s narrative. If he had made all these claims, then great, but he didn’t. He told us he would build a team around Auba when he signed on. He didn’t do that. The only consistent thing we get from him, is that certain player train hard and that’s the rationale for their selection. That’s the narrative — not exactly inspiring stuff. And what we’ve seen in the past 2 matches is very worrying. If we don’t see a vast improvement this Thursday, then it’s a clear trend (as was the upturn since Chelsea in December).… Read more »
This Vini JR is world class. 3 – 1 for Madrid.
Vini JR has been massively underrated for a long time because his decision making at times was poor. Dudes only 20 barring injuries he will explode. He is like a better sterling and I actually rate sterling highly
Pedro,
Arteta let it know via his friends in the media that he was not happy about Edu overruling him on the Partey decision. Now it’s me inventing a narrative.
You are the one clinging to the narrative that Arteta is the generational coach and that within Arsenal everybody loves him.
Check with your sources…
Real madrid might be having a bad season (not recently) but they are still a top class side. Look a level above Liverpool.
Valentin, no he didn’t. Totally made up.
CC,
(Sir, Sire)
Jots has left his header at the Emirates Stadium. He should have at least one header goal today.
Modric doing this to Liverpool at 35.
When it says ‘long read’, is that meant as a warning or a tease?
Even if you get that ‘baller’ they’re going to know it
And exploit kt
AA just had enough of Vini JR.
Get in !
Technical ability beats physicality 9/10, it’s why City have a level Liverpool can’t reach and why they’ve been less disrupted by the pandemic season.
Technical ability needs to be the highest feature on our summer list, simply not enough of it in the midfield and forward areas to sustain any sort of dominance.
Great to see Dortmund scoring against the plastic man city but i still expect the oil merchant’s to progress to the next round
That Flamini comparison is a genius post Pedro.
Fingers crossed for another Pep failure in the CL this season. Football needs to be about more than money or it ceases to be a ‘sport’.
Mane has a bad game. He dives repeatedly to buy a free kick.
True Andy but I think we passed that point a long time ago – another thing that Wenger first had the vision to identify it (his accusation of financial doping) but another thing where unfortunately he misread how things would evolved (convinced FFP would mean Arsenal were the only big club left standing).
Andy1886
Would be super happy if city and psg never win a champions league.
I cant stand real madrid and barcelona but even i would route for them in a final over city
Taking a punt on a coach like Arteta is one thing, but then committing to a re-build on his requirements is something else entirely.
Unless he can demonstrate he has what it takes. Not sure he’s done that just yet.
Let’s see what happens up until the end of the season. I think it will be fair to make some kind of judgement on him at that point…
CC
‘Technical ability needs to be the highest feature on our summer list, simply not enough of it in the midfield and forward areas to sustain any sort of dominance’
100% agree with this. We need more players comfortable receiving the ball under pressure. It’s there main reason we couldn’t get out against Liverpool. The passing was terrible plus they kept giving up possession under the slightest bit of pressure.
Don’t see why Edu gets as much of a battering as Arteta on here. Did he not sign Martinelli, Gabriel and Partry?
Or was that all on Arteta?
We had technical ability in spades under Wenger, but most people were crying out for pace and power
Think you can have P&P and technical ability. ESR, Saka and Odegaard all have those elements.
thanks Graham!
Technical ability was the reason we dominated Spurs for 77 minutes
Smith-Rowe + Odegaard both pumping pass completition stats of 95%
Smith-Rowe went off, and even against 10 men we lost control of the game
It’s why Aubameyang on the left doesn’t work, because he always looks to come inside onto his right foot, and doesn’t offer anything else, he’s got 1 superpower that’s waning
Saka Odegaard Smith-Rowe
Gives us control in the final third
Pepe + Aubameyang don’t
Pedro
You can have both of course, but technical ability is an absolute must for any sort of dominant possession based football and we have nowhere near enough of it.
I’m talking high level technical ability married with the efficient ball use. Pepe has great technical abilities and is nothing short of hopeless at looking after the ball or picking the right pass consistently.
David Silva, Bernardo, Mahrez, KDB, Yaya, Gundogan
There’s a clear emphasis on technical prowess there vs athleticism.
Pedro I think Arteta should hire you for the narrative part because you’ve invested so much in Arteta being a “the one”. By the way, what happened to we have a top 4 squad that has added William, Odegaard, Partey and Gabriel? Remember when you wrote this? Reality is this: He is going to have a very rough 3 months. We’re going to lose games. He’ll fall out with players. There will be Youtubers shrieking about how they’re abandoning the vision just so they can be the first. As fans, we can’t cave, we have to show faith. There is… Read more »
I’ve seen his name in the comments on a fair few posts and I’ve said it myself.. Yves Bissouma! It’s a must.. him, Odegaard, Hakimi! Then look for a cheap/free option at LB as Tierney needs cover.. if Pedro Neto becomes available and we somehow manage to move Pepe and Willian on, make that one happen as well Uncle Stan!
Theres no bright side here. We are fucked and everyone can see it. The players are poor and Arteta is awful. Until the Kronkes fuck off then it’s always going to be excuses, no money and mediocrity.
Madrid showing the reality of where Liverpool are this season , they wasn’t great again us we were utter shit and arteta lost the game before we left the dressing room
These technical players are never going to come to Arsenal — why would they We are so lucky to have ESR and Saka — once in a lifetime that our academy produces these two at the same time I would be very pleasantly surprised if we landed Odegaard, but it’s unlikely to happen, especially if we don’t manage European football next season I think we’ll find it difficult to off-load some of the surplus material we have and I doubt we’ll get as much as people hope we will for them I’ll support Arsenal whatever happens of course, but it… Read more »
CC, we need really good scouting to get there… we’re not going to find those elements at 27 years old, so hopefully there’s a shift in the right direction on who we bring in.
Odegaard the right sort of profile.
Maybe Edu raids South America?
Matt, answerred your own question there… if we can offer young players a platform, they’ll come. Finding them more the problem.
Pedro
“Matt, answerred your own question there… if we can offer young players a platform, they’ll come. Finding them more the problem.”
If, if, if, if,………
If we had a manager who trusted youth
If we had a manger that didn’t pick a tosser like Mustafi over a youngster like Saliba
Hope you bounce back from that surgery quickly.
Pedro I’m not sure about not finding them at 27, there’s loads of quality technicians in that bracket who we could sign. I just don’t think it’s particularly wise to target players like that when spending the little money we have, most of our investment needs to have resale value attached to sustain us. That said, players like Fekir, Draxler are top class with miles left on the clock. I’d argue with a core of youngsters we can really be exited about (ESR, Saka, Gabi….Odegaard) that we could do with one or two more senior/consistent operators. Buendia is a baller… Read more »
Azed
That plan has now been replaced with the 5 year plan. So we will get top 4 in 5 years under artetas generational coaching then, who knows what heights we will reach.
Pedro, changing time lines like a rollie contractor building his first house.
“It is better to avoid Europe so we can focus only in the league nexte season…”
Wait, better get relegated so we can move all the dross that we have in the squad… no no no…. wait, it would be better if we get relegated twice so we can come back to the premier league as League 1 and championship on the trot champions.
Marvelous way of thinking, we can delete the club and start a new if you want.
Rocky, I was writing about 5 year plans before Arteta joined. I’m sure if you asked Azed nicely he’d find the stories. No short cuts has been a theme for a long time,
Also, most of my hopes for Arsenal were, you know, before the a global pandemic. Appreciate all you rockstars on here didn’t feel the impact at your places of work, so it doesn’t count as a circumstance to you but there we are.