We’ll start with the positives. English teams are without doubt the most exciting to watch in the world at the moment. That was a final brimming with beautiful technical football, put on by two managers that believe in football artistry. Chelsea were exceptional, they showed how to control a game against a better team. They were the more dangerous side over the 90 minutes and deserved to take home the trophy.
Some of the football though… just exceptional at times. Olivier Giroud, what a career…
There was a lot of handwringing after the game from Arsenal fans that think there are lessons to be learned from two clubs dripping in oil money. I’m not sure I can have that.
High standards with no constraints isn’t an admirable trait or one that’s replicable for Arsenal. Chelsea spent £250m in a pandemic summer on a top 4 squad. They sacked their manager in December and brought in a rockstar coach they’ve been in talks with for a few years.
People keep pointing out Thomas Tuchel to me like I wasn’t pointing him out on this website when he was at Mainz.
Thomas Tuchel: Now, I only know about this guy because Rapha Honigstein has high praise for his work on the BT European show. However, now I’ve made myself and expert on his life and journey and I love this guy. He took over Mainz back in 2009. He doesn’t have an incredible playing career, but he fundamentally understands people and what drives them. Go beyond that and he’s a master of the game as well. A real trailblazer. Apparently, the first thing he did when he tookover was take his players to a retreat to get to know them better. He noticed that at meal times, everyone ate at different times. There was no respect, no camaraderie. So he set about improving the manners of the squad to build unity. Then when you dig into his training methodology, it’s really interesting. His sides train on rhombus shaped pitches to cut out long ball passing. He has a great record against Bayern as well (as well as being tipped to manage them one day). He’s a clever guy who put strategy at core. I love this style of manager. Deep thinkers. Football is changing and the clever guy is winning. An amazing transformation over the course of the last 5 years.
Same people calling me a hipster for like Arteta were doing the exact same thing when I was talking about Tuchel. In fact, when he was sacked by Dortmund, people were in my mentions raising his failure as the death of hipster football managers. He’s an exceptional thinker, he’s improved/softened some of his more erratic behaviour, and now he’s winning the biggest trophies. But he wasn’t available to us in December, even if he was, he’d have all the same problems to deal with because he would want the players to do the same things Arteta struggles to get them to do. Bigger point, we’re not a rockstar destination at the moment.
Same for City. They spent £1.2b to get to their first Champions League final. The response to the poor tactics will be… spend £200m this summer. Hard to extract lessons from clubs that can do that. Obviously, they do a lot of good things, but fishing them out is hard because they always have the best players.
The lessons Arsenal need to take come from clubs like Liverpool, Leicester, and maybe Atleti. Those clubs do it the hard way. They put the best people in positions to make good decisions. They have a clear mission and vision for the football. They build a plan and they ruthlessly stick to it. They do things the hard way because they live in a world with financial constraints.
Arsenal hasn’t really behaved like we have financial constraints over the past 4 years. There have been 4 different plans, no consistency, and lessons that should have been learned haven’t been. The wastage in the system has been eye-watering.
This summer, that needs to change. There are reasons to be hopeful and look, I’m going out on a positive limb here because I have to have a fun summer this year after the misery of pandemic land.
IDENTITY
The last 18 months have been garbled from an identity perspective. We had half a squad dedicated to Wengerball, half to Emeryball, 8 center-backs, the most expensive bum of all time causing issues behind the scene. Arteta started with a shithouse approach, then tried to maintain a fine margins game as his strikers lost their shooting boots, then we tried to play a more creative brand of football post-Christmas to mixed reviews.
What I think we saw develop is an idea of how we want to play. It’s Manchester City lite. A brand of positional football underpinned by a solid defence. Clearly, we don’t have the players needed yet, but when we added more creators post-Dec 25th, the football moved forward.
Edu knows what he’s scouting for now. So do the analysts that sit in the backroom. We haven’t had that sort of clarity before. That should make the filter for great easier to judge.
PROFESSIONALISM
Again, this is a major stretch for me here because I don’t know. But Richard Garlick is trained in law, he’s worked on all aspects on a club level and he’s also an operator at the league level. He’ll need to bring process to Arsenal and maybe we’re starting to see some of that with basics like moving on the physio and using headhunters to find the new generation of scouts. No more contacts scouting, no more sweetheart deals for people Edu like, some rigour in the recruitment process. If he’s not here to bring that to the club, I have no idea why we hired him.
THE GIFT OF TIME
Last season was a mess for most clubs and nearly all managers. This season will be different. Clubs will get a full preseason, players will get a proper break from each other, coaching will make a difference. A rookie coach with no time to work with his players wasn’t ideal. Next season, there’s no Europe to worry about, so there are no excuses for not extracting the most out of the squad.
YOLO EXITS
Don’t even tell me you’ve not considered quitting your job to do something MAD like setting up craft beans on toast restaurant that sells one dish for £27. We’ve all been there and football players will be no different. Granit Xhaka probably wants out, why not? Willian might have had a realization that playing and being loved is more valuable than an extra £50k a week. We’re going to see exits this summer that move us on from comfort blanket players.
That’ll give us more cash to reshape the squad and go from incremental improvements to something more dramatic. Arsene Wenger did this at the start of his Arsenal career and again in 2001 I believe. The risks of shocking the system are that it takes time to settle the squad, but look, the risks of keeping players that aren’t right is you firmly entrench yourself in 8th position.
MONEY MONEY MONEY
As I mentioned the other day, there’s cash being injected into the system this summer. We don’t have to sell to buy, and hopefully we can sell and top up the pot. We could have a very big summer this year. The easiest way to jump a level is to invest in better players. We have the chance to do that this summer (did you read Pep confirm Arsenal is investing?).
Hopefully we’re not spending money on Mahrez like figures. With big money comes great responsibility. We should be using the cash to sign players that will have a residual value. Don’t just blow it on old players like we have done in the past.
CONCLUSION
The above points are spinning plates. They all have to be spinning by the end of the summer or we’ll fail next season. But there’s a path here. It’s a tight one, it’s fraught, but if we make smart decisions we can go into next season and surprise people.
Let’s see what the clubs has in store.
As mad as it seems i do believe we will invest this summer. As Pedro alluded to i also think that KSE have told Edu and Arteta clear out the deadwood and misfits, create extra space and resources then attack the market for our targets. The hard part will be getting players out for good prices to create extra spaces for a major rebuild as our squad is super bloated. So it will almost be a 2 out one in for the most part. I’m encouraged by the recent speculation around players such as Xhaka, Willian .etc as i believe… Read more »
James woods
I would have no problem what with a Rudiger red card.
He makes a beeline for KDB and body checks him the ice hockey style from the blind side.
Him wearing a face mask only aggravates the seriousness of the challenge.
My only point being Pep sends his goons out to do the same.
Just because they are also highly technical doesn’t make it less egregious.
His teal time reaction proves the point.
Jamie
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6997109/Arsenal-star-Matteo-Guendouzi-takes-second-spot-valued-U20-players-Sancho-top.html
https://www.justarsenal.com/arsenal-news-guendouzi-tops-list-of-most-valuable-u21-midfielders/236811
https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/arsenal-transfer-news-guendouzi-arteta-18393983
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/matteo-guendouzi/profil/spieler/465830
And all that was under the Bum Emery.
Marc, the people that put him in at £70m have about as much credibility as Deloitte saying AFC is worth $1.7b a week after Daniel Ek bid $2.5b.
At a time, guendouzi was the 2nd most valueably teenager, Havertz 10th or 11th, one went for £75 million the other is going for 8 million. Cheers Arteta.
I read that Arsenal suffered another lost over £300 m last year. Sooner or later KSE won’t allow that to continue. I wouldn’t be feeling so secure with my job if my company’s balance sheet is like that.
Tom we are talking about THE RUDIGER ATTACK ON A FELLOW PRO.
NOT WHAT PEPE MIGHT HAVE DONE IN OTHER GAMES.
ARE YOU SAYING RUDIGER WAS RIGHT TO DO THAT. AND ITS ALL
FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR.
Pedro
Oh dear – I never said Guendozi was worth £70 million but when you have idiots quoting that thinking you can get £30 million for him is not bonkers.
When did Deloitte say that? Forbes had us at $2.8 billion on a month or two ago although they were factoring in Arteta getting sacked very soon.
Nelson
Where did you read that? I’ve been in the “we’re fucked financially camp” for a while now but even I don’t think we’ve lost that much during last season.
Bit weird to say we’re taking a hit on Matteo.
It’s not hard to grasp we’re about to sell him for 10-15 million euros we waited until his contract was running down before selling him hence taking a hit. He was poorly managed by Arteta simple as and then old clown shoes didn’t know how to use Saliba so you know as long as the bum is still in charge we stand to fuck up a young prospect or two
https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/transfer-news/matteo-guendouzi-arsenal-transfer-psg-15869003.amp
Obviously the €60 million bit is a rumour, but can anyone one say we wouldn’t have sold him for more than 30million under Emery? Performances which earned him a French call up.
Not sure why any Arsenal fan would be upset that KDB picked up an injury. It’s happened to us often enough in the past. If he isn’t fit to face us next time around I’ll be quite happy which isn’t the same thing as wishing harm on the player.
James, ha ha, no mate, that’s not what I’m saying at all.
What I am saying is you can’t legislate fouls based on level of injuries for one, and two, Pep has no problem with these types of fouls from his players like Rodri, Cancelo or Fernandinho.
Look I wanted City to win , and it’s a shame when a hack like Rudiger is allowed to take out the skill player like KDB for only a yellow.
Yes give him a red . I’m all for it.
Hilarious to see Pedro try and defend Areta’s crab football, when it was all about the ‘sexy’ Pep football he was going to bring to Arsenal before he was appointed.
Apparently we never had the players for playing expansive football anyway. Reminds me of the time when Wenger was the one holding back Gazidis from displaying his footballing ‘genius’.
You never stop, do you Pedro ? You keep spinning until you can’t tell left from right
Marc, wouldn’t the more telling truth here be:
If he’s so great, why are so few clubs of prestige in for him?
If Arteta managed him so, so badly… why hasn’t a scouting department at a major club recognised this opp?
I suspect, and call me crazy, is maybe those valuations you were hearing were not from serious people.
Quickest way for the Kroenkes to safeguard their investment in Arsenal is to be ruthless like Abramovic or any other owner who cares about winning. Sacking Arteta will be a good, long overdue start.
Tom red it is then ?😂
Where’s my post?
prvhc, Ivan Gazidis just took Milan back the Champions League.
Bit of a self-own there my friend.
You were probably one of the people calling me hipster for Klopp and Tuchel love back in the day.
Tell me what you do for a living so I can use that to wrap a insult about your character into my next comment to you.
prvhc, Ivan Gazidis just took Milan back the Champions League.
Bit of a self-own there my friend.
You were probably one of the people calling me hipster for Klopp and Tuchel love back in the day.
Tell me what you do for a living so I can use that to wrap an insult about your character into my next comment to you.
Pedro
Or maybe it was that his talent shone under a better (better than fucking awful isn’t necessarily good) coach?
Outside of Saka who’s still on the rise, ESR who Arteta has had time to fuck up and Xhaka who couldn’t get any worse name me a player who’s improved at Arsenal this season?
“Where’s my post?”
Below your letter box?
prvhc
I think we have a new theme tune for Pedro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1DWBKk5xHQ
” Ivan Gazidis just took Milan back the Champions League.Bit of a self-own there my friend.”
Gazidis also refused the chance to hire Arteta – bit of an own goal there mate!
If Arteta managed him so, so badly… why hasn’t a scouting department at a major club recognised this opp?
I mean both is possible. It’s not like we’ll ever know how good he’ll end up because Arteta chose to keep Elneny over him. Its a bigger shame that he’s likely to end up fucking up on Saliba cause he’s actually clearly doing well but Arteta just too damn stupid to see it. Ah well trust the process and all that
Marc, the best scouting networks in the world watch Matteo G for a season under Emery, I can assure you, if the view was bad coaching stunting a 22 yr olds growth, he’d have a queue of clubs there for him.
There’s no queue. Which would indicate big clubs know the deal.
Marc
That Kylie Minogue is more shit than Arteta’s Europa performance.
Kylie Minogue song
Pedro, so we’re back on the Ivan Gazidis train again ?
Arteta’s case is nothing like Klopp or Tuchel. They were recognised AFTER their teams started playing exciting football, not because they were assistants to some big names or some ‘insiders’ had good things to say about them.
I wasn’t taking a dig at your character, merely pointing out the inconsistencies in your arguments. Exciting football WAS, without a doubt, no small part of the Arteta’s allure after the dull football under the ‘bum’ Emery. Yet you’ve strangely refused to own up to that since.
Tom
I don’t want to listen to her – just look at her bum!
Arteta made a pigs ear of managing most of our young players
Guen, saliba, Martinelli, amn, balogun etc
Which players did he handle ok?
Saka <- mainly because he put the whole team on his back and there’s be riots in the streets if he didn’t play often
Esr <- still gets shunted out of position regularly for shits n giggles
Willock? <- I guess
Looking at the above there’s a very real and concerning pattern of failure surrounding management of the kids
Pedro
Take off the blinkers – every club in the world knows Arteta will destroy the value of any player he touches. You don’t go aggressive you just wait for Arsenal to pay the player to leave.
The new reality of Arsenal under Arteta.
Do you genuinely think Arteta’s going to have a long successful career in football management?
Guys give it up , you can’t corner Pedro on anything today.
He must’ve switched his propaganda machine from coal to solar and he’s no longer fumbling around in a dark room filled with smog, ash and slag.
Marc
That I have.
Is it as firm as Arteta’s though?
“There was a lot of handwringing after the game from Arsenal fans that think there are lessons to be learned from two clubs dripping in oil money. I’m not sure I can have that.”
Pretty sure we’ve spent as much as Chelsea in recent years. Difference is, they don’t accept, explain, defend or stick with mediocrity, we do. We literally doing this right now as we speak.
Also the 17 trophies they’ve won since we last won the league says it would probably be a good idea to learn from them.
8 MILLION GBP FOR MATTEO GUENDOUZI???????????? if he played for Liverpool he would be a 40 Million player.
Arteta killing value again. No wonder we are in this mess, how many players have left for less than their market value?
China
Name something Arteta’s actually improved Arsenal in?
“Looking at the above there’s a very real and concerning pattern of failure surrounding management of the kids”
You’re meant to disregard all his failures & back the manager ffs. It’s the Arsenal way.
Marc, really not sure you’re a authority on the subject of value.
Arteta tanked Matteo G.
Matteo G spends a year rehabbing at a German side where he’s called an animal and ‘difficult’
Player can only manage a move to Marseille
… and this is on Arteta, even though no other club recognizes this blistering talent you speak of.
What is Saka worth?
What is ESR worth?
What is Tierney worth?
What is Martinelli worth?
I’m not sure they declined in value. Even Pepe worth more now than under Emery.
Pedro
Mate keep digging – at this rate you’ll be able to meet up with China and buy him a beer.
“8 MILLION GBP FOR MATTEO GUENDOUZI???????????? if he played for Liverpool he would be a 40 Million player”
You didn’t hear? Guen was a prick behind the scenes & the ONLY way to deal with him was to bring down his value. Class management.
Arteta has improved the clubs hair gel, he now gets it in bulk .
prvhc
“Arteta’s case is nothing like Klopp or Tuchel. They were recognised AFTER their teams started playing exciting football, not because they were assistants to some big names or some ‘insiders’ had good things to say about them.”
Yes the comparisons are a bit off when it is put like that.
At this moment the footballing world is not awash with folks talking about how exciting Arteta and his team he manages have been.
Maybe some journos with a bias or just plain daft ones or ones looking for hits.
Marc, if digging is showing you up for your baseless comments, then I will keep digging.
Matteo G cratered his own value.
You have no evidence that anyone else has lost value because of the coaching.
It’s so sad watching someone completely write off a young player who looked to have potential albeit with accompanying baggage but in the same breathe champion a europa league level player like Xhaka.
All for the love of Arteta I suppose.
“What is Saka worth?
What is ESR worth?
What is Tierney worth?
What is Martinelli worth”
Arsenal Football club would not sell ANY of those players for more than £40M.
The one & only sale we’ve gotten right in recent memory is IWOBI, and I’m honestly still surprised we did.
Pedro
Arteta is not the coach he’s the manager. So let’s see if Xhaka sells for more than what was bid for him 18 months ago? Let’s see if AMN goes for more than what was bid for him 12 months ago?
Look at the other comments on here – everyone else can see it and the Spud’s fans have started a petition for Arteta to be given a job for life.
He’s a bad guy, a terrible manager and will end up kicking about in the lower Spanish leagues.
F** k me.We’re back on the Arteta bandwagon again! Guys,please . Give it a knock on the head ffs! It gets monotonous & downright boring zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.Lets talk transfers in or out .Anything better than this endless negativity.Lets be positive.Look on the bright side of life.It’s good for the soul.😎
Ish, save your tears.
I don’t determine player value, the market does. If he was as talented as you make out, he’d be moving to a bigger club or one known for serious developmental prowess like Dortmund or Leipzig.
He’s landed at Marseille. What does that tell you? That maybe the criticism being leveled by you is what’s agendarised. Quite amazing that you are all more expert at scouting than the whole of European football.
PPPP
yeah talking about the Arsenal manager on an Arsenal blog is stupid. You do realise that Pedro ran the blog on replacing Wenger for years?
Guendouzi may have issues but the potential he showed if that is carried through at a later stage if he matures is going to eclipse that of Granit Xhaka who is a europa league level player. When Guendouzi was playing in midfield with Xhaka it wasn’t Granit showing leadership and driving the team forward on most occasions. It was the green immature rookie to that level of football Guendouzi that was doing that. People talk of Xhaka’s leadership now. It’s all plastic. He so-called leads the team from deep midfield. He plays deep midfied because he can’t hack the centre… Read more »
””””Matteo G cratered his own value.”””””””’
I do know Steve Bruce has not cratered Joe Willock’s value.
Bruce has been more beneficial to Arsenal FC than Mikel Arteta has this season. I do know that.
I am sure Willock will not be chomping at the bit to get back to Arsenal’s training ground and sampling more Arteta ball coaching after his Newcastle’s sojourn.
What fun he had there under Brucie’s man management.
Record breaker.
Marc
“and the Spud’s fans have started a petition for Arteta to be given a job for life.”
lol
Dem fuckers.
It’s a real pleasure reading posts in this blog when sarcasm is the staple
Tom
You’re the new king of caustic sarcasm, you know how to make it bite.
So Guendouzi goes for less than half a Rhian Brewster? Crap deal however you look at it. Arsenal doing Arsenal things as usual.
Marc, quite incredible that you now expect a massive fee for a player you’ve been telling us is dogshit for 2 years.
Ishola
“People talk of Xhaka’s leadership now. ”
Mate I remember the night where Xhaka showed us all the true meaning of leadership as he sauntered off by the longest possible route when we were chasing 3 points against Palace.
Liking Arteta is one thing, justifying his every move no matter how bad is just strange.
Postive Pete…….Thank you
IT IS BEGINNING:
Expect more of this in the TW:
According to the Sun, Arsenal ‘are dealt a blow in their pursuit of Tiago Tomas, with Sporting Lisbon reluctant to sell the £20m-rated star to a club without European football next season’ after guaranteeing themselves a Champions League spot.
Pedro
That’s a lie – I have not been saying Xhaka is dog shit for 2 years. I’ve been saying he’s far worse than that and for longer than 2 years.
Positive pete
How about this Gazidis fella in to replace the ‘bum’ Edu ? Heard he specialises in taking out of sorts big clubs back to the Champions League . Could form a terrific partnership with Arteta
Ish, yet here we are, Jose Mourinho making personal calls to bring him to Serie A and Matteo is getting binned off to Marseille. Makes you think
I believe it was Sid that captioned Pedro as “Kim Jung Peds” or something
The man is always right about Arteta, that propaganda mill is now rigged to a solar powered engine.
The collective value of the squad is rapidly vanishing under Arteta.
He has not even given one minute of league football to the likes of Miguel Azeez. He’s awful with the youth players. I can’t stand him.
I find myself missing Wenger these days, that’s a reflection of how I see Arteta.
Didn’t say it was stupid Marc.just repetitive & boring.According to the Athletic ( survey?) 80%Of Arsenal fans are satisfied so far with Artetas performance.Make of that what you will.Is it only on le grove that there is a vitriolic ,say ,hardcore 20% who are not?Either way it would be nice to change the mood music for awhile.At least until next season & see where we’re heading.Paradise or hell.😈
PP, didn’t see that number… I thought Marc spoke for all fans when he said he’d get booed in the stadium?
PP, who do you want us to sign?
No with regard to the Athletic survey about Arsenal: Does manager Mikel Arteta deserve to be in charge of Arsenal next season? NO=20.8% Does Edu deserve to be at Arsenal next season? NO=43.1% Does Vinai Venkatesham deserve to be at Arsenal next season? NO=56% Are Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (KSE) the right owners for Arsenal? NO=93.2% I voted NO on all of those questions the only explanation why there is such a large deviation between Arteta and the rest of the stooges is those 80% voting for Arteta must be supporters of other Premier league clubs. They would love to… Read more »
Marc ”Mate I remember the night where Xhaka showed us all the true meaning of leadership as he sauntered off by the longest possible route when we were chasing 3 points against Palace.” The worst for me was when he ducked away from a header away at West Ham. He actually purposely put his head away from the ball. Then you hear him screaming at other players the infamous “we are scared” at Anfield. There are just so many instances with him of being an idiot and plastic. He’s a w@nker and ready to let slip his mask of so-called… Read more »
Pedro
Tell me with a straight face that if fans had been in the stadium this past season Arteta would not have been booed?
You think Arteta would’ve survived this season with fans in the stadium?
Pedro
Roma are in dire straits and Mourinho is washed up.
This sounds about right for Xhaka.
Dissenter, must be tough typing out ‘BAD WITH KIDS’ as we read the facts that he gave more U21 minutes than any other manager in the league by a margin.
This is why Positive Pete is mad at the board.
FYI, I don’t need outside power sources for the propaganda machine.
Ish, bigger club than Marseille, bigger manager than Sampaoli, football in a more prestige league.
Marc, they brought fans into the stadium and Arteta’s boys dropped a magnificent performance.
Fans would have helped.
“FYI, I don’t need outside power sources for the propaganda machine.”
At least Pedro is going full on sustainable – the Arteta bandwagon powered by bullshit!
If West ham can finish 6th with that squad with no Europe then we can finish 4,th with some improvement
Pedro
We all know that we talk about potential with Guendouzi.
With Xhaka this is as good as it gets and that is europa league level.
Roma finished 7th in Serie A. Piss poor.
About right for Xhaka.
Pedro
“Fans would have helped.”
They also would’ve helped all the teams we played in away matches as well.
Arsenal are not the only club to have been affected by COVID.
MD,
When you say 79.8% of Arsenal fans think Arteta should be in charge, it frames it better.
Quite something considering some of the noise on here.
I have watched guendouzi play live for a couple of seasons he is shit he just charges about chasing the ball like a headless chicken with no end product
Serge, not sure it’s ethical to leak the scouting report of every major club in the world on the blog but here we are.
Sorry Pedro guendouzi is amazing and i am amazed we are letting a talent like him go for peanuts as you were
Ish,
Granit Xhaka is scum… but you’re into the guy that dived in his only penalty box, behaved so badly he was called an animal by Berlin, and posted a pic of his holidays after an FA Cup win instead of saying congrats.
MD thanks for the figures.Interesting fans views on EdU & Vinai.And nearly 94% wanting the Krankies out.Hard to correlate with the 80% satisfaction rating for Arteta even if you allow for a sizeable proportion of “ disruptive voting” from outside influences.I maintain it is a Le Grove thing.But hey we’re all in the Arsenal family & all entitled to our views.
Pedro and gave us the bird for letting him know his performance was not good enough
Serge
You’re doing a Pedro – no one has talked up his ability or said he’s a good or even great player. The conversation has been about his value tanking under Arteta.
We sell him for €7 or €8 million and that’s a lot of money lost we could’ve used to strengthen the team.
Marc, I know about the other clubs, there was a 6 point gap between 8th and 4th. Bad year for everyone but you only want to talk about Arteta.
Funny how Mislintat who was according to Pedro a great guy forced out by Sanllehi doesn’t have any players of value left at the team.
Pedro – mate you’re so back to front on this it’s worrying.
Serge, Marc wants you to know that no one said Matteo was great, just that the entire market has his valuation from by a factor of 400%.
Positive, if you actually read the Athletic article what they are saying is that they are prepared to give him another season on the basis that he has to improve. That’s not the same as being ‘satisfied’ with his performance. On the ‘performance’ measure a massive 84.5% said they were either ‘unhappy’ or ‘distraught’ with our performance this season.
It’s last chance saloon time.
Pedro
Er I only want to talk about Arteta? No happy to talk about other managers but as Arteta is the Arsenal manager he does take up most of my focus.
Marc, Dortmund considering Sven as an RPL for Zorc, but sure, you were bang on about Sven. If only top clubs listened to your wisdom on Matteo’s valuation and exec choices.
Andy, 20% wanting him out is incredibly low however you cut it.
Positive Pete & Recently Positive Pete,
40% of people in the US still believe the Earth was created less than 10,000 years ago.
So just because a bunch of people believe something with questionable evidence doesn’t mean jack sh*t, especially with Arsenal fans and underperforming managers.
So, you can take that 80% figure and throw it in the ‘irrelevant BS’ bin.
@Pedro you should have not stopped with your quote let me add that then The Athletic verdict: There’s no doubt Arteta has fallen beneath expectations this season, but it’s also reasonable to expect that a young coach may learn from his mistakes. What’s clear is that of the inexperienced trio leading Arsenal — technical director Edu, chief executive Vinai Venkatesham and himself — Arteta is the one who retains the most trust. How happy are you with Arsenal’s performance this season? Unhappy 70.8%, Distraught 13.7% 84.5% are unhappy or distraught with Arsenal’s performance yet 80.2% feel he deserves to stay… Read more »
Pedro
Where’s Zorc going? He’d do a job for us.
As for Mislintat – if he was so good why hasn’t any of his signings worked out? You can’t talk the guy up and then slag off every player he signed to protect Arteta.
Good is good , bad is bad and then there’s Arteta.
Marc
The bubble could be good…
The frog is croaked. Tho
Andy, also tells you that the view of this blog is pretty mainstream. People want to see the project out. Shit season, but things to be hopeful for.
I am… mainstream.
If Timo Werner shot Tupac, he’d be 49 today.
MD-Gunner, if you read The Athletic regularly you’ll know that there are still plenty on there pining for both Wenger and Ozil which says a lot. Still surprised that the 20% figure was so low or even that 15% weren’t unhappy with how the season went.
The long run….
Well Andy.I didn’t read the article.It came more by word of mouth/ hearsay.So I stand corrected on the 80% “ satsisfaction rating.Apologies.judging therefore by the “ performance” figure you’ve supplied they are far from satisfied.However & crucially ,unlike the sizeable a& vocal majority/ minority? On here,are prepared to give him another season.Me personally,Christmas.