PREDICTABLE PATTERNS DO NOT BODE WELL

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We’ve entered the deadzone part of the season.

There’s nothing to play for. The football has gone back to being shit again. Arteta is playing the November hits because he’s more concerned over proving out his fantasies that his big summer misses will click for him.

A lot of fans didn’t like what I penned yesterday. Many people preferred to focus on the woodwork and missed chances. I can’t have it.

That was a shit performance from a starting line-up we all had a bad feeling about. Not just that, it was another example of Arteta having different vibes for different players. Senior players are allowed to be shit for 80 minutes… young players get yanked early if there’s a sniff of a bad day at the office.

… we didn’t lose though. This is a results business you might say. Well, for me, that’s not actually what we’re judging Arteta on this season… this year was supposed to be about performances and it was a chance to monitor patterns in his approach to the game.

We can all tolerate mistakes. Every coach makes them. What you can’t abide by is the same mistakes being made over and over again.

Gabriel Martinelli should be starting. There’s no data out there underpinning a reason why we’d start a low energy Willian ahead of him. It’s blind favouritism.

The Premier League is dead. There’s no reason for Arteta to put out a senior team tomorrow. This squad isn’t capable of maturity. If Arteta puts senior players in tomorrow, they’ll see it as a punishment, and we’ll get a nothing performance again (just like we did against Villa last season).

Tomorrow, against the worst team in the league, we should be putting out players we need to learn things about. Azeez? Why not. Joel Lopez? What do we have to lose? Martinelli? Yes please. New deal Flo Balogun through the middle? Why the fuck not. Cal Chambers as a centre back? He can play ball, start him. Mat Ryan? Should be. Rumours are Leno wants out, could anyone care less right now?

I don’t gives a shit about going 11th to 9th. I don’t care about Willian, Lacazette, and Auba right now. I care about moving on fromt his dreadful pattern of mistakes that Arteta is presiding over.

The fans will forgive kids, they’ll forgive players trying… they won’t forgive a manager picking the same players that let him down over and over again. They won’t forgive the man who promised to be protagonists stepping into tomorrow with a negative approach.

Willian does not give you control.

Mo Elneney does not give you control.

Power, pace and hunger gives you control.

Time is earned as a coach. It is a reward for good performances. We tracked well for about 12 weeks. Now the wheels look like they’ve fallen off. If we’re heading out of the back end of this season bumming results, then it’s hard to say there’s been progress.

Winning the Europa League cannot be a plaster for a flailing manager. Performances need to be there, with these players, otherwise we’re heading for more misery. We’re not simply looking at the old guard of players dropping howlers now. Thomas Partey has gone from Rolls Royce to Ford Cortina. Cedric, an Arteta signing, cost us the other day. Bernd Leno has dropped his level. Gabriel has gone from world beater to embarrassment. These are on Arteta’s watch. It’s not good enough.

A good way to get performances is by reading the room and picking a squad that wants to be at the game tomorrow.

Lose to Sheffield United and we are in the Unai Emery death-spiral.

Let’s see what the coaching staff have got, I have very, very low hopes we’ll see something unpredictable. That’s a shame. Arteta has been the architecht of his own hill and he’s determined to walk up it slowly ready to end it with the Sword of Senior Deference.

Very meek.

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Benjamin

Unay Emery death spiral? We are long past that..

andy1886

Nice post Pedro.

andy1886

Leno wants out? I’ll chip in for a taxi!

Nelson

Top4

diamondeye9988

I do wonder about whether winning Europa (though seems very unlikely right now) would be a negative?. Champions league, more money, arteta/ edu would look for more senior/expensive players. Find the current links odd (martin o-expensive, hakimi- expensive), And with the players we have to sell are we going to be able to generate much finance in a covid market? Whereas should we not be expecting a manager to improve/integrate some of the young players we have (saliba/big mav/balogun etc) and look for the best players aged 22 or younger. Arteta needs to reinvent himself as the “best coach of… Read more »

S Asoa

Fifth
He he he

S Asoa

6
Where Arsenal thought they would be.
It is not enough just to dream

Nelson

I can’t believe hearing Arteta’s excuse why he subbed in players so late. He said that he wanted to see what the opponent did first. We all saw that the opponent played a high defensive line. We played two slow attackers, Willian and Laca. And Laca was even asked to play a false 9 and spent a lot of time in our own half. Auba and Pepe would be ideal to attack this defense.

If it doesn’t work, change it. Why waits!

Marko

Lose to Sheffield United and we are in the Unai Emery death-spiral.

That would be his what second or third death spiral. He’s got 9 lives this manager being twice as bad as Emery still isn’t enough to bin him

S Asoa

Whatever Pedro. Even if Arteta puts a breezy barrage of kids with millstones around the ankles and micro managing from the sidelines..
Else… the notorious Arteta vindictiveness and pettiness..
Hope he does not break the exhuberance of the kids

5am

I should’ve posted a bit earlier to get the named spot….

S Asoa

11
Ha ha Arsenal position
At last

Ishola70

Leno wants out?

Well that’s bad timing isn’t it.

Why the fuck didn’t he want out while Martinez was still at the club?

That would have been better timing wouldn’t it.

5am

Can’t bring myself to watch anymore of a rookie manager making the same immature mistakes time and again, which even Allardyce could be bettering with some proper clout for this team.

Azeez should at least be on the bench tomorrow and if he does well coming on later, then consider him for Thursday if ESR and Odegaard are out. If playing Willian, that’s only at the end of a game you’re ahead in to slow it down and manage things better….

Ishola70

Marko

“That would be his what second or third death spiral. He’s got 9 lives this manager being twice as bad as Emery still isn’t enough to bin him”

“In-house” appointment you see. Emery was an outside appointment.

Hence Arteta can soil the covers as he pleases for longer than Emery.

gunnerman

If it’s true, Leno wanting out is a huge insult as we stuck with him over Martinez. What a shambles we are.

shad

Arteta is actually statistically worse than Emery. And his football has no identity. We lump it forward under minimum pressure, look like a giraffe on stilletos playing out the back, players don’t trust each other and have.strikers who have clay feet. Donno why he is given such a free pass on the socials.

Nelson

I guess Leno doesn’t trust Arteta’s process.

Marko

I’m ambivalent to Leno leaving or staying I really am I don’t think he’s as bad as some people get once in a while but at the same time there’s better out there. The problem becomes any decent player will have second thoughts on joining as we continue to flounder.

Odu

Great post as always Pedro but I’m not sure I completely agree that there’s nothing to play for. If there was ever a time to leave blood, sweat and tears on the pitch this is it – win every game and see how far up the table you can go, depending on how other results pan out and it goes to show the sort of hangers-on the club has on its payroll. The Auba deal never should have happened [I don’t recall any big club ever making an approach], and frankly whoever suggested Willian should have been fired on the… Read more »

englandsbest

Hit the bottom and rising up for air again? Certainly. Forget about league position? Absolutely. Use PL games as test beds for young players and character assessments of old ones.? Definitely. Win the game against Slavia P? Beyond a doubt.

Good post, Pedro.

Foxy

Great article Pedro and this is after a day to cool off or maybe reflect on the mess we are now in. I wonder how far up the Arsenal hierarchy this blog is read? Arteta maybe with EDU’s support (we shall see) is clearly making decisions to cover up the transfer balls ups he or they have made and not in the interests of results on the pitch. Also since when do you make wait to make reactive decisions when playing a second rate team at home. You go out to batter them and if it is not working you… Read more »

TeeCee

The vibes coming out in the press are all about Arteta having plenty of time. The Krankies know it will cost too much to get rid of him and his team of yes men. Who would want to take over anyway apart from another unproven newbie/Arsenal old boy? He’ll be given the summer and half of next season, if we’re still around 9th or 10th then, with fans back in the ground, it’ll be hard to keep him.
He just hasn’t got what it takes, he really hasn’t.

sly

Not sure there’s anything left to say about Arteta that hasn’t ben well covered in the comment section
I see fan apathy coming into full swing for next season
unfortunately we have one more year of failure to put up with

Dissenter

It seems Pedro broke away from his kidnappers.
Our Pedro may be back…for now

Whatever happened to the amazon.com analogy and the after-December league table.

It makes me sick that my initial feelings about Arteta are being proven right.
He ought to be learning his trade with a Scandinavian club closer to the North Pole playing on astronauts-turf.
He should be using a major club like Arsenal to finish off his training.

Colm

I Love LeGrove and have been reading daily for years and years

The team lacks confidence
The team is on a knife edge
The objective is CL next year like Europa was last year
Cut them some breathing room
The only thing that matters is winning Europa
Throwing a knickerfit because we were afraid of Liverpool is shortsighted

I Love LeGrove and have been reading daily for years and years

Ferguson called this period ‘Squeeky Bum Time’ wand he was right

Dissenter

Edu has been promising the elite kids we are signing game time.

He wont be doing that unless Arteta’s job is on the line because everyone knows Arteta does not pay the kids.

Dissenter

We ditched a keeper who has been at the club since the age of 17 yeas old so that Leno could continue to be number one.

Leno can fuck ooff for all I care, how can he repay Arteta’s loyalty in that manner?

Arteta better get brutal if he’s give more time.

sly

So true Diss
Pedro’s not back yet
keeps coming up with excuses for Diet’s failures- Edu, the pitch, weather etc
Arsenal leadership and structure are wrecking the club
If we miss out on European football next year(most likely) don’t see where the funds for a rebuild are coming from
we’re losing ground on the top 6 rapidly without investment, status and innovation
A meek leadership made a meek appointment with arteta
The foundation’s for mid table mediocrity for years to come are being cemented

Rich

You always back your staff in public, right up until the point you push them….. I hate this defeatist attitude, this is a big week ahead I’m not confident, but football can change very quickly We can only deal with what’s immediately in front of us, this week doesn’t need to be pretty We just need 6/6 in the league, and to qualify for the Semi Final Even with our injuries, it’s doable Confidence breeds confidence, and pessimism breeds pessimism Hopefully the players keep fighting, and try and gain some momentum, maybe we put a couple more youngster in, who… Read more »

Marko

We ditched a keeper who has been at the club since the age of 17 yeas old so that Leno could continue to be number one.

Why would you phrase it like that. We ditched a keeper who in 10 years outside of a few months made very little impact

Le Professor

Pedro
“The fans will forgive kids”. Nope!
Arsenal fans too entitled and short term thinking. Even when we had that short run of good form starting with Chelsea quite a significant few complained about the league table position.

With our fanbase our kids need to be protected

Sid

@Dissenter, do not kick the man when he is down, atleast for now, LMFAOOOO

Nelson

El Clasico starts now!

Nelson

Real 1 – 0

shad

Benzema is everything that Laca wants tobe but will never. A hybrid of a 9 and 10.

WengerEagle

Benzema is still fucking top class as ever. What a finish.

Champagne Charlie

Amazing footballer, been blasted on here too numerous times for apparently not scoring enough.

Nelson

Real 2 – 0

Nelson

Vinícius Júnior has to be one of the fastest winger.

Marko

I like that Valverde lad. Can you imagine that old dinosaur with the great eye for talent had him training at Arsenal and passed on signing him. Feel like if we had him Gnabry and Malen right about now we’d be flying…minus the dog shit manager of course

Paulie

Please let it be true about Leno

redbro14

Leno jumping ship. So much for Arteta’s process. He has been an absolute disaster. Bielsa anyone? At least it would be fun! Swashbuckling football with our young guns! I would love to see it.

Josip Skoblar

Benzema is a monster. What a goal!!!

Spanishdave

Arteta player Auba and Willian because he signed them.
Therefore he is not doing what’s best for the team progressing forward.
He’s now starting to loose the dressing room as players cannot see their way forward.
They see aging players getting paid three times their wages an having a laugh, knowing that they are bullet proof.
It will get messy.

redbro14

With MA it’s safety first. This is not Arsenal. Just isn’t. That is not the culture that we inherited from Arsene. We need somebody else. The sooner the better. I’m sick of watching this excuse for a team. Dreadful season.

Captain Tierney

Haven’t seen any link or even an obscure news Leno wants an exit. Dont know where Pedro got this info from.

Just give another chance to people still not over Emi to shit on Leno.

Ffs, support the club and the players.

Spanishdave

If we had fans back the stadium would be emptying.
Hard hit fans will not want to pay the highest prices for this rubbish.
This is what happens with a disinterested owner is at the helm

MAXCAT

This is all too funny. So funny it makes you want to weep. The manager, the alleged manager, keeps throwing spaghetti at the wall hoping something will stick. The bloggers keep grabbing at straws, because every other suggestion keeps revealing it self to be sh.t. If Artheta cannot keep seasoned otherwise successful professionals playing as a team, what chance does he have making kids come within a mile of it. The reason that he plays experienced players is because at least they have a chance of understanding his wondering into the fourth dimension. Kids would be lost and contrary to… Read more »

Tom

We win tomorrow and then in Prague, and the process will be right back on track.

Saladin

“Winning the Europa League….” Yeah, we ain’t winning no Europa League. Even if we get past Slavia and Villareal via some miracle, we are not beating Utd in the final. No chance. And I couldn’t agree more on the Martinelli front. I have been saying this for weeks now. Regardless of the performances or results or whatever, starting Auba/Willian over Martinelli as a left winger is a sackable offense all by itself. Arteta needs to fuck off.

Nelson

Game over 2 – 1 for Real

La croqueta

To this day I’m shocked at how oblivious these managers are to their own shelf life. They throw strops, tantrums, they dig their heels in, they make their ‘points’, they show everybody who is boss… Then they get fired.

What is the point. Why take the job so personally. Select the best players to play the best system most likely to achieve a win. It’s that simple. Don’t they realize nobody cares about their damn imaginary principles or their damn non-negotiables. You’ll be sacked before you know it anyway! Smh.

Nelson

I wonder whether anyone knows what Arteta’s non-negotiables are???

Habesha Gooner

What is happening? It is like pedro has escaped from his captors and he us speaking freely now. Pedro, Are you good? Honestly, I am glad you are starting to see some sense. Just because you batted for a manager doesn’t mean you should stick with it of he is making very crappy decisions. He needs to deliver from now to the end of the season. He should pick players based on form. And he should be smart enough not to put Willian, Auba or Lacazette together. If possible one should play at a time based on this season’s form.… Read more »

Kroenkephobe

In essence nothing good will come of tomorrow, only bad. Win comfortably and we’re flat track bullies doing too little, too late after an awful season. Win narrowly, draw or, gulp, lose and the headlines write themselves. The only glimmer of light that could come is if Gabi, Balogun or Azeez get some game time and make reasonably positive contributions (not gonna happen though is it) Will Tets see it this way? Nah, will he fuck and the fall out will inevitably be negative win, lose or draw. He’s so stubborn, I fully expect William to be selected (I almost… Read more »

The BFB

Arteta in for the long haul? God help us. How many points are we behind top 4 now? Judging by the last game it looks as though Saka and Smith-Rowe,playing below their usual high standards, are getting fed up with carrying the overpaid under achievers. And who could blame them?

Rich

La croqueta If you don’t demand high standards, then you’ll never progress No society can thrive or even survive, whilst those that produce, pay for those that don’t Try harder = funds those that don’t Don’t try harder = get funded by those that do Which leaves no incentive for people to try harder at both ends of the spectrum, and then society collapses This is why communism has never worked Apply this logic to football squads Don’t try harder? Get picked anyway Try harder? Sit on the bench regardless of your behaviour and work ethic… Which leaves no incentive… Read more »

MD-Gunner

Arsenal is playing for an imaginary trophy, finish in the to half of the table.

Sean M

Pete I also heard the Leno Rumours a few weeks ago.

Heard he doesn’t just want out. Wants out no matter what.

Sean M

Arteta, Stuivenberg, GK coach and the young coaches need to go. Squad harmony is terrible, abysmal, horrific.

Do some digging Pedro.

Rich

Aubameyang out of tomorrow’s game with the “flu”……

Useroz

We practically watch Arsenal games on TVs these days and we are usually unable to hear what Arteta (and his assistants) yell from the sideline… this article gives an plausible explanation of why the team the way it does, that is poorly and negatively most of the time…

https://dailycannon.com/2021/04/why-arsenal-are-rubbish/

Useroz

Wot a flu….

into the red

Apparently Arteta has played the same side in two consecutive games only once. On top of that, there is precious little evidence that even with different players we don’t play a system which they can all buy into and get used to. Every week feels like another experiment in the line up and tactics. It is revolving doors with random selections. That is enough to make you wonder what exactly Arteta’s ‘vision’ is, and whether he has one. If players are losing whatever edge and form they had, it suggest they don’t know either and lose confidence in the system… Read more »

Cazorla

‘The fans will forgive kids, they’ll forgive players trying…’ The experts on le grove will not. This knee jerk bullshit is embarrassing Pedro. A poor show against Liverpool and conceded a last minute equaliser to a half decent team has done this to you.? This mess that has been festering and the culture that needed to change is going to take more than a season to clear the decks and implement. I thought you said only last week there will be more ups and downs before we get this right? It’s true there will be ups and downs but to… Read more »

Useroz

Arteta simply treats Arsenal his laboratory for experiments in oder to becoming whatever he wanted to become while earning £5m or 6m a year.

Guess how much would Vilka asks for Martinez if Edu enquires about his availability?

Useroz

Anyone heard of or watched this 18yo Matheus Martinelli kid who has a reported €35m release clause?

Not even special on YT clips…

Hope it’s just agent bs, rather than interest from Edu!

RockyRoe

Carzola

There has to.be a difference between conviction and utter blindness.

Can you give me 1 good reason why willian gets to start with his string of awful performances?

Can you name 1 instance where a manager has picked 2, yes Two gks in the subs? Like what MA did during europa league group stages

Can you tell me what stops MA from making changes before the 70th minute when the game is not going our way?

All of this is just plan stupidity and incompetence.

Nelson

Cazorla

You haven’t read Pedro’s post carefully. He talked about the performance. That include the tactics and application. The eye test told us that we were not moving forwards. I guess Pedro is just disappointed.

Artetauphillclimb

Arsenal should get BIELSA

Tony

Throwing Arteta under the bus or have they just had enough like most of us fans?

“Mikel Arteta ‘facing revolt at Arsenal after senior players express frustration at being blamed for Gunners’ woes… while Spaniard’s tactical prowess is also being questioned’ with club in bottom half of the Premier League

Mikel Arteta is under fire from his players for blaming them for Arsenal’s woes

Some senior players feel Arteta is not taking enough responsibility at the club

The Spaniard’s treatment of some players and tactics are being questioned

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9457861/Mikel-Arteta-facing-revolt-Arsenal-players-angry-blamed-Gunners-woes.html

Tony

Smith Rowe and Auba out for today’s game.

bacaryisgod

I don’t think players like Leno and Partey have suddenly become bad. In Leno’s case, his confidence is way down due to recent team defensive errors for which he played his part. Now he’s clearly being instructed to clear the ball if there’s any hint of danger despite having next to no aerial presence in our forward line. He’s clearly miserable and the ghost of Martinez is haunting him. Partey looks totally discouraged. We’ve all seen how could he can be so hopefully he can get back on track soon. He’ll need a injury-free run of a few games if… Read more »

Ernest Reed

Leno want s out???

Who the f* would want the error prone dumb shit!

Cazorla

Rocky It’s very naive to think that anyone would agree with every decision the manager makes. That you perceive them to be wrong is neither here nor there. I dont agree with every decision he makes. All we can do is try understand why he’s made them. William offers more control on the left than Auba or Martinelli. The 2nd keeper was in the bench to gain experience being with the 1st team and not used. He has conviction that the team he’s picked can do the job. Not the only manager to use subs later on in games. Nelson… Read more »

Cazorla

Great input Ernest. Who’d want the German no3 eh?

Matt

Who would want the German number 3. Surely that was said with tongue in cheek and not without a hint of sarcasm.

Cazorla, get over it. Arteta is an abject failure, even Pedro can see it now. You being the last man who thinks otherwise doesn’t make you the greatest Arsenal fan, quite the opposite.

Habesha Gooner

Shit with both ESR and Odegaard out, It is going to be a long day against Sheffield United. I don’t even know who will play at CAM. This might mean both Pepe and Saka are playing. I would put Saka at 10 instead of playing willian to be honest. I would go with Leno Bellerin Holding Mari Cedric Elneny Xhaka Pepe Saka Martinelli Lacazette But I know Arteta will go with willian at 10 and Pepe and Saka on the wings. He might go for Chambers at RB too. Even if Sheffield are bottom of the table, We are going… Read more »

Cazorla

Matt you’re spunking your pants too soon kid. The season isn’t over and we’re still in the Europa.

We’ve got a decent run on in the league and Ajax are the best side left in the Europa and they lost to Roma.

Nelson

Just watched the replay. Cedric made three mistakes leading to the last mins goal.
– He was not under press when he made a back pass to Gabriel
– He headed the ball out for the corner. He had time to head the ball to the sideline.
– He is so short he should cover the back post. Instead, he let the opponent run pass him for the header goal.

Marko

Cazorla has drunk the kool aid and asked for seconds.

Dream10

The media going out of their way to defend Arteta when things are shit and giving him credit for wins like he is the difference. Nonsense

China1

Lol cazorla

Speaking as if we’re actually on good form

In all competitions it’s:

Won 0 of our last 4.
1 of our last 5.
4 of our last 10.
7 of our last 20.

Won 12 of our 30 league games this season

If you think criticism of arteta is happening because of the liverpool and Slavia game then you haven’t noticed our recent form is shite and our overall season performance has been shite

China1

Look what you’ve done with you’re quality marketing spiel Pedro 😂😂

You’ve now literally got your people lining up to defend the indefensible

Man oil companies and cigarette companies should be hiring you for marketing as you’d make them an absolute killing convincing people that burning oil is in fact good for the environment and cigarettes can cure covid 😂😂😂

China1

This is like when trump recently encouraged people to get the vaccine but it was too late because he already had half his minions believe the best defense against covid was to inject bleach😂😂

Marko

Arteta on Martinelli: “We have to be a little bit patient with him but he has a bright future at the club and he will have all the opportunities that he needs to show us how good he is and the career he can have with us.”

Simply gotta show patience he says…hardly a load of 18-20 year olds playing regularly in europe certainly can’t do have that at Arsenal Arteta doesn’t play that shit.

China1

No one would mind Martinellis chances being restricted if the players ahead of him regularly played well. But they haven’t so why should he be patient? Also why not just loan him out in Jan if he doesn’t like him? Worse than the bad decision making is how illogical it is. He doesn’t want to pick him so if he loans him out in Jan this whole problem disappears and he’s free to pick laca and auba (Eddie isn’t a threat to them) without recourse This is just as dumb as how we failed to get saliba out the door… Read more »

Cazorla

What’s kool aid marko?

You’re going to be very disappointed when MA is still here at the start of next season but I suppose you’ll just disappear again until we have bad run of form and crawl out of the woodwork.

China
I didn’t say we were in good form. Pedro has lost his mind after the last two games is a pretty simple take to grasp.

It seems the majority of people love the echo chamber vibe.

China1

No cazorla pedros post clearly highlighted that this is a pattern and the same pattern we saw in the early season. He has been getting annoyed specifically because these results have become a pretty obvious symptom of a bigger problem. If you think our form has been bad and you surely accept our form was shit in the first half of the season, a better question would be why *wouldnt* you have serious concerns right now? As for us being disappointed when he doesn’t get sacked, not sure why this is something you’d be so happy about. He probably won’t… Read more »

Nelson

Arteta is just BS in front of the reporters to justify not selecting Martinelli. He said that Martinelli is doing fine. How can he be doing fine without playing real games????

China1

Cazorla arteta did pretty well last season

After winning the cup and signing players like partey, if you could somehow know that this season we will move backwards significantly in terms of league position, points, get embarrassed in the FA cup, and fail in the EL (we’ll see on this point), plus the comedy of errors in player management and frequent poor performances, would you say ‘yes sign me up! I’d like some of that!!’

Why are you enjoying this and why do you seem so annoyed that others don’t?

China1

We’re 7 points behind spurs and this spurs team is not even that good. Even spurs fans are unhappy with their season and they’re doing us over in the league.west ham are TEN points ahead of us on the same number of games. What about Everton villa and Leeds?

As an arsenal fan does this not hurt your pride? Do you not feel embarrassed?

If more of this is what you’re hoping for I wonder why

Tony

I watched the City documentary primarily to see what all the Arteta fuss was about and how much input he actually contributed. He featured very little in the series, which didn’t really surprise me and certainly did nothing to change my thinking that either Pep wouldn’t sanction Arteta having the focus at any point in the series or Arteta was just a member of the coaching set up. I was left feeling unconvinced that Arteta was all he was being made out to be and I felt he needed at least a couple of seasons managing a championship level club… Read more »

China1

If the fans were in the stadium and we don’t beat Slavia his position would be untenable with the booing But they aren’t so he’ll continue to be insulated if it happens. Instead we’ll be told about how amazing Slavia are. Far from harming artetas season, the pandemic has shielded him from the emirates faithful whose patience would be extremely thin these days But tbh more concerning than anything is that well over a year on and the feeling is like the rebuild hasn’t really started yet but it’s not clear at all what direction we’re supposed to be going.… Read more »

Marko

China the slavia game is irrelevant when it comes to whether or not he should keep his job beyond the summer. Enough has happened to show he’s been a poor appointment not to mention the league campaign alone is enough for him to be sacked

Sid

Diet Pep stumbled into the high energy football and playing the kids, that much is now clear, he is back to factory settings.

Guns of SF

Pedro
Excellent Piece. I think you nailed what we are all feeling pretty much.
Move the needle. Stop doing the same insane things over and over…
Break from this conservative footballing coaching method.

In other words

FUCKING GO FOR IT…..

you have nothing to lose now and all to gain if you play the kids…. they will not let you down… Mike

Guns of SF

Mike A out… I was never in favor of this chump being our coach. Even when it was when Emery was hired. A big NO to Arteta back then too. We need a coach who can manage a tight budget, get results, play the yout, not afraid to mix it up, and plays attacking football. Someone that allows creativity again… IF Bielsa had a better defensive record, I would consider him. Even Pep sees him in such a respectful light and has praised him. He does not speak much English tho. Aside from him, I would make a run at… Read more »

Guns of SF

I would also play Reiss, Eddie and the others who will be sold this summer. They need minutes to produce and look sale able.

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