When Mikel Arteta arrived at the club, he came armed with a vision for how he wanted to play, and a remit to change the culture at the club. As it stands, it looks like he’s failing on both fronts.
Building a culture is about establishing a unifying set of standards that everyone can exist in. There are things you can do to reinforce culture. Armies have exacting standards over uniform, Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian general that led a revolution against France, decked out his free slaves in uniform to make them feel worthy and give them visual structure (they successfully drove Napoleon out of Haiti). Facebook created a ‘break stuff fast’ mentality to ensure they were ahead of the curve, and to let employees know that breaking stuff wasn’t a career-ender (that risk-taking approach had to change when they reached a certain scale). Apple has built a machine so focused on elite design, if you work them as an agency, you have to hire a world-class deck designer because the smallest error can throw a meeting.
Culture is important. Don’t let anyone tell you it’s not. Understand the rules that make a place tick gives everyone a very basic common grounding. Again, going back to the army, time is hugely important. If you are 10 seconds late, you’ll be punished. Why? Because in battle, those ten seconds could be the difference between life and death.
Arteta had a list of non-negotiables that he brought to the club and it all made sense. We knew Ozil would fall foul of them because he’d been drumming to his own beat for years. We knew Matteo wouldn’t be able to hack it and he was one of the first talented casualties of the regime. This is standard stuff, Netflix, a company I often write about, has a no assholes policy. Why? Because when people are behaving badly, others gossip, and office gossip leads to a lack of focus, lowered morale, and inefficiency.
Culture is hard though. It’s very easy to punish weak links because you don’t need them. It’s much harder to hold everyone to the same standard because not everyone delivers to the same level. But you simply have to bite the bullet and do it. You know the wheels are coming off an organisation when bad behaviour goes unpunished and standards are allowed to drop because it is easier to let things slide. Another sign of a culture failing is when leadership starts to treat people differently. When justice is arbitrary and equality is not sensed by all… you get problems.
I had a no assholes policy in my London job. The worst I’ve ever felt is when someone very young on my team told me his boss was being awful, I glossed over it because that boss was driving revenue… and this person pulled me on it and said they were disappointed. I’d made concessions for money. That was wrong and I have tried never to do that again.
Mikel Arteta is all over the place. There is no clarity in his system which is starting to look like an irrational authoritarian dictatorship.
Let’s look at some of the things that have gone on:
Willian breaks covid protocol to go to Dubai, isn’t dropped
Shocking performances are rarely punished unless you are Martinelli who was bombed for 10 games after a bad 60 mins versus Aston Villa
Nico was chastised for a stupid red (correct) and apologised. Granit Xhaka drops a horrible challenge, takes a red, kills the game, gets a pat on the back, and does not apologise.
William Saliba has a great loan spell in France, doesn’t get the chance to compete for his place in this seasons squad despite fitting the exact profile we look for in a defender (and being told he’d be given a chance) > Kolasinac, who was told to f*ck off in January, had a shite loan that saw his team relegated, was accused of being part of a coup on Christian Gross, keeps his place in the squad, then gets a start in central defence.
Cedric Soares is just bang average, everyone knows it, he’s basically our worst right back, but he starts against City. Ainsley, who is the right profile we are looking at for signings, has had MoTM performances in big games, apparently tells Arteta he will play full-back, gets banished to the bench and told to f*ck off by Arteta.
You can sometimes survive this sort of behaviour if you are at the very top of your game, but even then, at some point, the players get bored of you and you lose the dressing room. Just look at the Conte or Jose cycle, it’s usually a 3-year limit. Arteta doesn’t have the credibility to be this inconsistent, malicious, and wrong.
The story today is Eddie will not be moving this summer. Palace are looking to Edouard because we’re looking for too much money. So what do we have here? My suspicion if this stays the same is we’ve realised Balogun is too far off the pace to be a 3rd choice striker, so we’re going to hang on to Eddie as a stop-gap. So what of Eddie? Does anyone think the treatment he’s had over the last year has been enjoyable? Is he going to show for Arteta? Will he feel loved?
Unlikely. Wenger was many things, but he was never malicious and he had a laser focus on making people feel wanted. To his detriment, because we were basically a creche.
I covered off how overall leadership at the club has been absolutely dire. But here we have the story of what happens when you aren’t disciplined. This is the output of vindictive behaviour. This is what happens when you let a narcissist run riot without controls.
None of these problems can be isolated. They are all interlinked. This is what dysfunction looks like.
Something needs to change because this isn’t a bad luck aberration now, this is who we are, and there’s no experience to sort it all out.
Tune into the weekends content. We’ll be back tomorrow with a very big podcast to assess where we are right now.
Tom
mike has really messed us up with the Saliba and Guen thing
Doubting now Aouar comes here.
I hate mike
From the Daily Mail link earlier in the comment section the dilemma Arsenal is in now makes perfect sense for me now. It highlights just a few errors. “Kroenke has never run a sports institution that was not a franchise; Venkatesham has never before been chief executive of a football club; Arteta has been an assistant, but not a manager; Edu has not been the technical director of a club in Europe. Unsurprisingly, then, Arsenal appear callow. They make rookie errors, then repeat them. Their signings make little sense. Arsenal spent upwards of £125million this summer, but on what? In… Read more »
Guns / Bacary It’s been 20 odd years since I was at The Sunset Marquis, but the al fresco lunches were excellent. It’s a musos hotel with a connection to the Whisky on Sunset with red carpet entrance to the reclusive bar. If your names not on the list, you aint gettin g in unless you’re staying there for night times. Back then it was a place to go where you rubbed shoulders with the stars from cinema and music. I was there with a platinum album rocker and his band and many A list guys dropping in to jam… Read more »
i hope tomorrow brings better news. Off to bed.
Have a good one!
Sad that players like Willock, Nketiah, Martinelli, Nelson and AMN have wasted a year of their development under Arteta. And I don’t suppose the present situation is doing saka and Smith rowe any favours.. All these players have seen since they came into the squad is turmoil at the club through no fault of their own. When Arteta leaves, these young players will be on to their 5th manager in 3 and half years, which makes it so difficult to progress as the constant changing of football philosophies can only harm a player trying to make their way in the… Read more »
Not to defend Arteta but Wenger was far from perfect when it came to mapping players feel loved. I’m convinced a few signings and academy players who “flopped”could have worked out of they’d been shown that love – Perez, Gnabry and Vela chief among them – but his biggest failing was showing too much love to the wrong people – Walcott, Denilson, Bendtner etc were given too large a role in the squad for too long. He did have his favourites who did get special treatment to the detriment of the squad. This all comes after the days he was… Read more »
Massive respect to Willian.
Tony, When you look at the timeline of event with AMN, that does not strike as something that has been carefully thought out. It sounds more like Arteta and the club more concerned about the optics than doing the right thing. + At the beginning of the season, AMN notified Arteta that he wanted to be play right back. + The first two game, AMN is not considered as RB and worse players are selected ahead of him in that position. So clearly he is not wanted by Arsenal. + Everton bid for him. + News that negotiation are taking… Read more »
Rm about to sign Camavinga with the 30 Million we gave them for Odegaard. Don’t have to outsmart the market when dumb folk like Arteta and Edu will pay top dollar for your dross.
Arteta is so concerned about optics. Bet he thinks Arsenal branded clothes are not enough drip for his smooth talking self.
I’m not even saying AMN should stay or play. I want a top class RB as a high priority along with an equivalent CM.
But regardless of whether AMN is good enough, or should stay or go, or how much he should or shouldn’t play, safe to say we’ve made a right pigs ear of handling this player.
For the second summer in a row.
AMN is frustrated and maybe he feels he has to shout loud to get their attention Recall he publicly asked the powers that be to make a determination of his future so that he can move on with his life Then this happens, if Arteta does not rate him and prefers to play Tavares ahead of him in RB, then let him leave. When you push people to the edge don’t be surprised that they sometimes snap. This is also a human story, pushing people to the edge just because you can isn’t a good thing. The rest of the… Read more »
Arteta flip flopping over AMN is the perfect analogy for his plan in the TW.
Arteta only knows he needs 5-6 world class players in his system, but can’t pin point who these players are, last season it was auoar, but now he is available, he doesn’t fit the bill. Only at arsenal smh
I mean we make all the simple bits look like rocket science don’t we And people wonder why martinelli is starting to look like a shadow of himself A player with talent and confidence and the world at his feet. Dropped to teach him a lesson. Injured (bad luck). Returned but held off from playing to teach him another lesson. Played a couple of games and was good. Puts in one bad performance and is dropped again to teach him another lesson. Doesn’t play again until near the end of the season. Players need to feel loved and they need… Read more »
Gonsterous last season arteta would’ve moved heaven and earth for Aouar. This summer he’s an incredibly low priority or not one at all.
What’s the logic?
Since Willian is out I wouldn’t be surprised if we pick up Aouar on deadline day for peanuts just to stop the fans complaining so much
AMN has lit the fuse paper….now watch it esculate as Arteta desperately tries to save his job.
Arteta knows that the next few weeks/months will have a massive bearing on his working life.
If he fails to turn things around he is basically unemployable as a manager as no club will want to risk having such a divisive figure in charge.
I have a feeling this is not going to end well for Arteta.
Pierre
So so true.
It constitutes a form of abuse imo.
These players may be considered adults but they’re still learning and developing and in many instances are vulnerable to many aspects of life. Arteta is playing with their minds, which is not a healthy situation.
For the life of me, I don’t understand why he is treating AMN the way he is. It is atrocious man management.
I’d pull Arteta aside on this, given the opportunity.
Pedro This goes way beyond Arteta. The club has been zombified by the ownership. You can go right back to the stadium move. Since then, year on year arsenal have been getting steadily worse apart from a couple of seasons under mid era wenger. . Initially the problem was that we simply didn’t have good enough players and the austerity post stadium move impacted our squad quality and depth. More recently, the club have spent but seem incapable of buying the right players and making the right decisions regarding who to sell and who to keep. Some of the errors… Read more »
Alexanderhenry
How ya doing?
Look, if the Kroenkes are a sorry mob then Arteta is their ghoulish hatchet man. He’s successfully rubber nosed himself into their trust.
Valentin nothing would surprise me with Arteta. As per his City line up he seems worse with his selections. If I’d had been Willock and now Eddie, I’d say no I’ll stay because one way or another Arteta is a goner not Gooner. They’ve had him for 20 months a few more won’t matter. Arteta will be tactically outthought by Norwich and Burnley’s managers just a question if the have the players to make the tactics happen. My guess isa a draw at home and lose to Burnley . Hardship makes you hungry Valentin, let’s see who are the hungriest… Read more »
Looking back over both Pedros thoughts and indeed the comments that followed what struck me was the naive stance or shall I believe unrealistic assessment that many had on the value of fringe players at Arsenal. But it didn’t stop there because those player values seem very much to have been shared by the hierarchy at Arsenal. Here’s a snappy little comment from Pedro We’re going to be in a scrum for players this summer We’re going to sell a lot We’re going to buy a lot The scrum bit was interesting because it sort of conjured up the illusion… Read more »
Alex you were banging the kroenke is the real culprit drum for about a decade now. Safe to say you were right There were times when it looked like maybe he wasn’t the real issue as we moved on from being cheap to spending some money with wenger, then we replaced wenger, we tried different management models, we replaced all that and the manager again, we’ve spent a lot more money. But there’s a common denominator in all of this decline which is Stan and Stan alone. Imo the real rot started the day Wenger got acceptance from the club… Read more »
Arteta, emery, edu, vinai, Raul, xhaka, bellerin, Willian… all these and the other ‘villains’ of the arsenal story are not the real perpetrators. They are the product of an owner who has enabled them, facilitated them and lavished them with praise.
We can blame arteta for resigning xhaka. But that dumbass decision only happens because his higher ups are so dumb as to let him. And those higher ups only exist in the club because the owner allows them to.
It all comes back to him
William very dignified in his leaving piece to the fans.
If only OZIL AND SIMILAR had shown the same form
of respect to the club and the fans.
I wish him well as bad as he was..
Nobody would had watched the U23 play would have known that Balogun was never good enough YET to play for Arsenal first team. A little run in the league cup games and then being send on loan should have been his program for this season. The question is what was offered to convince him to stay. It looks like we promised him involvement with the first team and that sending on a season long loan was not an option. Unless we sell Aubameyang or Eddie, the minutes he got against Brentford will be the extend of his involvement in the… Read more »
Willian very dignified with his leaving piece to the fans – and very happy with the huge pay off.
We all know what SK is like when it comes to the running of AFC but don’t insult me by saying that AW’s hands were tied because of this. A manager has an obligation to question and push and, where necessary,, knock doors down to ensure things are run properly. We fell away because Wenger was comfortable and didn’t question. A true winner does that. He had the power and the status but in my eyes this proved he was weak. For all the great things Wenger achieved prior to SK coming on the scene, he should have stood his… Read more »
Dissenter
I’ve been sitting on the fence regarding Arteta until this season.
However, just the team selection alone against man city- Kolasinac??- indicates that he’s not up to it.
So, fine let’s get rid of him but the point is this:
Do you really have any faith in the club under its current ownership appointing the right manager or the right person for anything?
Norg 8.32
That’s the nature of the game I’m afraid.?
It is only 3 games into the season and we have played 2 of the best teams in europe, and we have suffered with illness and injuries but Arteta doesn’t help himself does he. Arteta is a manager who shows little or no loyalty to players (unless your name is xhaka). Take Mari for instance, ok he struggled against Lukaku(he wont be the last) but in general his performances have been at a good level when he came into the side in the 2nd half of last season. The selction process for the city game was abysmal. Arteta had white… Read more »
China1,
When Arsène made the 4th is a trophy remark, it was during the lean year. Stan was more than happy to still get the Champion’s League and its massive revenue while not being able to financially compete with the rest of the top 4.
At the time Arsenal had to generate £20 millions per year in players sale. I don’t think that people realise how difficult that was.
A secret office deep in the bowels of the Emirates. It is Tuesday,August 31st,2021. Transfer deadline day. Josh Kroenke is overseeing a meeting of the People Responsible for Arsenal’s Transfer Strategy (PRATS). The room is abuzz with that rare combination of excitement and fear. The recent poor league form has created doubt as to the stability of the positions held by those in attendance, yet there is always that hope that drowning men have which gives them the power to cling on desperately……. JK: I would like to begin by thanking y’all once again for taking the time to be… Read more »
Why are people surprise the way Arteta treats AMN, doesn’t he treat a lot of the players like that,this is who he has from his playing days,I’m afraid he might not be able to bring people together
Watch as he says he needs 4-5 players to get a great team when asked this season
Pierre,
I had the same opinion that Norwich was the best opposition as they will try to make it a football game and not a slug fest. However somebody told me that Norwich are not the old Norwhich, they are tactically much more astuce. They also have players in midfield who can hurt us.
Unfortunately for them, they still don’t have a clinical finisher. That should give us an hedge, as whoever play upfront Auba, Eddie, Lacazette will get opportunities to score.
Alexanderhenry Yea, it’s being caught between a rock and hard place That said, we were never going to move forwards without hiccups. Having Wenger for 22 years took us away from the normal reality of managerial changes. I have no problems with changing managers, if the next manager isn’t good good enough, then fire him too. Michael Zorc is regarded as one of the best DoF around, yet even he hired and fired at least 10 managers during the same time we had Wenger in charge. Dortmund almost got relegated in 2015, even with Michael Zorc in charge. I don’t… Read more »
Pierre
“ A team like Norwich are probably the best type of team for Arteta to play next as they are not physical and are more a footballing team who have also suffered with covid early on the season .”
Whilst I agree with your point it could be argued arsenal are probably the best team for Norwich to play to get things going
China I think I bored everyone to tears on here regarding Kroenke. That’s why I’ve had several blog sabbaticals over the years. The thing is, if arsenal fans just do a bit of research, it’s pretty clear what type of owner Stan is, namely, the wrong type for arsenal football club. I think Pedro knows this but he rarely brings it up because for him arsenal’s ownership is a fait accompli. Stan owns it, he won’t sell and there’s nothing anyone can do about it, so there’s no point discussing it. Also, this blog started out as a ‘wenger out’… Read more »
Our results will probably take an upturn for the next few games, not just because of the opposition but because Xhaka is banned. We play with 10 men every game he plays, we’ll be much better without him, even with Arteta. Fucking things up. Burnley will cause us problems because Chris Wood will beast White every time but we’ll probably get a result and yet again, we’ll do it DESPITE Arteta because if Xhaka was able, Arteta would play him.
Why is Arteta arrogant? You cannot be arrogant if you have not won anything as a Manager. He should show us he is a winner, then maybe we can bear with the arrogance.
Progress is made through people. Let me rephrase that. Progress is achieved when the right people, with the right perceptions and principles push hard for things. Those supporters who trusted in Wenger to the extent they did, after SK arrived on the scene, must have realised that something was seriously amiss when we accepted embarrassment as the norm. All those capitulations and tactical failings would never have happened if Wenger had been a true winner. Yes, we played pretty football and yes Wenger had honourable philosophies but where was that burning desire to win and act when things were clearly… Read more »
Every manager needs a general in the dressing room
Xhaka is Arteta’s general, I.expect to see lots of Xhaka in the Amazon prime reality tv documentary
Dissenter
‘I have no problems with changing managers, if the next manager isn’t good good enough, then fire him too.’
Yes but look at the squad. We are so far behind at the moment. Then look at the crazy transfer decisions. It’s not all on Arteta.
The club needs a major overhaul.
But anyway, post Emery, I would have gone for Benitez. Not the most exciting choice perhaps but he’d have steadied the ship.
Temagooner
He won the FA cup.
if we play the likes of White, Ramsdale, Leno, Soares, Mari, Chambers, Bellerin and Kolasinac, our team might be worse than that of Norwich considering our other starters are youth or prone to switching off in the case of Auba and Pepe. Some may think Norwich are a rollover, but we will not beat them. The big question is; who will score at least one goal?
Peckobill
“Whilst I agree with your point it could be argued arsenal are probably the best team for Norwich to play to get things going”
Very true…
Hands up who think we are the worst looking team in the EPL.
Our style and methods concern me immensely.
Norwich will be up for it, big time.
Words,
I’ve just caught up with last night’s posts. That was very witty,enjoyed it,thank you. The second verse,after the chorus, was inspired!
Gons,
No offence taken at all, my musical ‘taste’ is archaic, but even as a younger man it was pretty dodgy!
I dont think there is a team in the league with a worse bunch of ‘senior’ players than Arsenal: Leno – wants out and is a meek individual Bellerin – wants out, is more concerned with fashion and veganism Aubamayang – disgraceful attitude, even when he has the armband. First to down tools and sulk Partey – jury is still out on his suitability to the league and is clearly made of glass Kola – wants out, we want him out – just crap Elneny – completely pointless player. Passes backwards and sideways and points a lot Xhaka – literally… Read more »
Val during those lean years we still had a top 4 squad and in any given season at least 2 of the big 6 were normally relatively poor It’s not like we had to break 80 points every season to keep up. We just howevered a little above 70 most time with a squad that was about that level Graham this doesn’t mean wengers hands were tied. The opposite was true, it was wenger choosing to lower the bar and stop aiming for titles. The club should’ve told him the target is always first and after each season if we… Read more »
Dissenter
Do you think he does lots of pointing in the dressing room too???
😂😂😂
During the lean years coming top 4 wasn’t an achievement imo. The achievement was only that we didn’t have any bad seasons and slip out. Our level wasn’t that impressive but our consistency was 100% at that level which is impressive in a way
Other clubs always yo-yo between good and bad seasons.
We never did. We were stable and absolutely flat… like the club’s pulse 🙂
Sanches about to be snapped up by Wolves. Arsenal about to have the worst squad in the EPL after spending 130 million. Players like Odegaard, White and Lokonga are the type of additions to make when you have a solid defensive pairing, a working midfield etc. They are not signed to be mainstays unless you embrace relegation – they do not have the quality to compete. Arteta targeted a young profile of players to keep himself in the job as he harps on about needing time etc. A move latter stage Wenger would be proud of. No way you ignore… Read more »
China1,
During those lean years, we had some poor players.
Chamak went to Watford and they quickly realise that he was not good enough. The GSTTEL Bentner,
In defense we had Sylvestre, Squillaci, Djourou, Senderos.
In goal Fabianski, Vito Mannone, Richard right were not the most assured goalkeepers.
People were screaming for us to “spend some fucking money” , it was not because the team was brimming with world class players.
Mee as it stands, unless we sign a new CM, Lokonga is the most important player in the squad You can’t do shit without a midfield. Partey is our best midfielder but can’t be relied on for fitness None of the others can be taken seriously That leaves Lokonga as a promising kid. If he is good enough to put the team on his back when Partey is out, that will make a difference. Even if he is as good as partey, it’s not good enough when partey is out. We know this because partey + xhaka is still a… Read more »
Almuniasaynomore
Some real laugh out loud moments in that one.
Thanks laughter is priceless and you have the knack of making it in words.
Val sure we had plenty of dross but there was also a good chunk of quality in there
Cesc, tr7, hleb, nasri, rvp, giroud, kos, mert, Sagna, monreal, walnuts (lol sometimes…), young wilshere, santi, song (for 1 season), flamini (for 1 season), arshavin, sanchez… obviously not all these guys are even close to equals but all of them varied between good and fantastic.
We always had a top 4 squad and 2 big 6 teams always had a bad season. In any given season it was there to be taken.
I see west ham have signed nikola vlasic…what a signing for only 25m top drawer player
Tony,
Thank you. Everyone does their thing around here, it’s a great place to visit when the day is quiet. I love reading the memories in particular, football related or not. Get them all down if you can, you make my breakfast entertaining. Soon this madness will end,I hope, and it will be back to just football. We’ll be glad we kept our sense of humour when we look back at it all.
Sacking a pedigree manager like Emery was always going to end in tears no matter who came in.
China1 We won’t sign a new CM and if we do, I’d bet my savings they will be shit. Lokonga being our prime midfielder is suicidal and inviting relegation. By mid-season, all the positivity in his play will have been sucked out of him by the vampire that hangs around Arsenal. Partey became injury prone at Arsenal whereas Xhaka (who’ll play many minutes) should be banned from ever wearing the Arsenal shirt again. Elneny is at best a championship level player. That leaves Odegaard who we signed for laughs. Against players like Pogba, Rice, Fabinho, Luiz, etc, he will look… Read more »
Alluminainomore
The punch line 😂😂😂
“The defence looked weak from the outset so you would think they would be afforded some sort of protection from midfield by Arteta……WRONG…..he decides to play one central midfielder and that one central midfielder was XHAKA., who is not capable of getting around the pitch with any speed , his reading of the game is poor and has no anticipation of danger , and yet there he is in central midfield by himself away to man city, only a fool would set the team up like this” completely agree and Lego head did the same dumb shit in the Europa… Read more »
Can you imagine Kante, Fernandinho or even Romeu seeing Odegaard/El neny with the ball and deciding to nick it off him. Ten times out of ten, the opposition player is winning that ball before running into the expanse Xhaka is supposed to be covering. They could even ran past a gyrating Mari and a clueless Ben White/ Kolasinac/ Chambers towards Leno and score. Easy peasy A variation of this has happened nine times this season. Most of our players are so shit its outrageous. They will tell their grand kids they played for Arsenal and their grand kids will think… Read more »
Take a random team like Burnley. Who do you think Everton (another random team) would rather play? Us or Burnley?
Xhaka ( our only centre mid) was sent off in the 35th minute , meaning there was 13 minutes ( including time added on) remaining in the first half.
So what did Arteta do ……nothing, which is surprisingwhen you take into consideration that we had no centrel midfielders on the pitch but had 3 on the bench ( elneny, lakonga, AMN) .
Of course we conceded again before half time …Elneny came on in the 2nd half.
Any talk from Arsenal fans of easy games right now is as arrogant as our manager. We are in the absolute worst place that we have been in 20 + years and have so many problems on and off the pitch. There are no easy games for us, but our opponents will be licking their lips at the thought of playing this Arsenal team.
Almuniasaynomore Thanks for another laugh out loud scenario.
Somebody save us from the PRATS
This was another good extract from the Martin Samuel piece: ‘ Certainly, they should not be repeating the mis-steps of previous seasons, such as the inflated contract handed out to Mesut Ozil, who was already tending towards complacency. Since then there has been a similar offer to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, whose form was also affected, and now the laughable generosity shown to Granit Xhaka. He was regarded so highly Arsenal were selling him to Roma then, when that deal fell through, was given a new, extended, improved contract and the captain’s armband for the opening two matches of the season. His… Read more »
Lacazette got his dose of Arteta love.
He went on when it was 4-0.
I wonder how many players really respect Arteta as a manager/coach.
This is now a massive issue and yet another reason why he has to go asap.
Mee
Some on here still can’t accept that we are in serious trouble and by that I mean relegation trouble.
This is why I question the “ten games to get it right” perceptions.
Let’s be honest, who are we better than at present?
Sorry if someone has already posted but John Cross is reporting (and Chris Wheatley retweeting) that AMN a has been told he is no longer training with the first team. In any serious business I have worked in Arteta would be reported to HR for bullying and suspended. But to be honest football clubs are small tinpot businesses who seem to think rules don’t apply. I really have no interest in supporting the club in its current guise – it’s currently rotten top to bottom. I will keep my Silver membership as an option in case the rot is ever… Read more »
Although I am immediately curious as to if anyone has views on Takehiro Tomiyasu
If you list Arteta’s sackable offences, it makes horrific reading.
I’m sure you all have your own lists.
Graham
Surely not!
Alexander Henry The real crisis at Arsenal started with David Dein going behind the backs of the Board and selling the idea to Kroenke that he could buy Arsenal. This was followed by his sacking from the Board by Fiszman and then selling his shares to Usmanov. The terminal illness of Fiszman forced Board Members to choose between Kroenke and Usmanov to take control of club. The Board members decided to sell to Kroenke. Many posters in USA forecast that Kroenke would be a disaster, because of his track record with other franchises in US and that has proved the… Read more »
Reports that AMN is being forced to train alone.
He got his loan blocked and now this.
If true, Arteta is a petty, petty man.
Shouldn’t the PFA get involved here?
Arteta is a dead man walking.
AMN is shit. Let’s not rewrite history here. He’s even more stoned than Alex Song was.
I don’t agree with what Mikel is doing at all, for me this has all the hallmarks of him doing a scorched earth policy. Is is wrecking the squad deliberately? Maybe. However I think the more likely scenario is that he’s scared and lashing out because he cannot arrest this season.
I think Arteta is having some kind of breakdown! The guy knows he is going down and he is trying to pull everyone down with him. Someone needs to step in and relieve him of his duties ASAP. The silence from the powers that be is encouraging, but now is the time for action.
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Fabregoat, “If true, Arteta is a petty, petty man.” It can’t be true, Pedro has sources inside the club who told him that Arteta is a very nice man who is loved by everybody within the club. 🙊🙈🙉 We just need to trust the process. The reality is that Arteta is an unsecured, petty vindictive man who has already lost the dressing room. Most senior players just want to leave. Everybody is too scared to directly confront him. ESR, Saka, Tierney, Holding, Xhaka are the kind who will never down tools no matter the situation. Xhaka, Elneny, Kolasinac, Cedric could… Read more »
Arteta is just a cunt, definitely has some kind of mental disorder, probably a sociopath. That’s why he is able to fool gullible people like Pedro but eventually the masks slips and those he has fooled try to come to terms with what they have been through (like pedro)
Graham
”””Shouldn’t the PFA get involved here?Arteta is a dead man walking.”””’
Why?
Because 2 adults have fallen out? (The PFA should be concentrating on the dementia crisis and getting players wages down.)
Good on AMN. Always liked him. Full of spunk and quiet steely determination.
Him, Martinez and PEA won Arteta that FA Cup and kept him in his job.
So Arteta should not be treating him like a dog. And as we all know some dogs bite back.
And AMN has just taken a big chunk out of Arteta’ s Arse.
Guns of Hackney,
Yesterday I wrote that demoting Arteta and hire a new DoF would result in Arteta scorched earth attitude. I think that we have already reached that stage.
He is burning his bridges with players faster than you can say “Trust the process!”.
I don’t care what you think about AMN’s skills, although there is no way he can be worse than Cedric. But on a human level, the holding of him like a prisoner is abusive, vindictive and callous. He just wants to play in a team where he is valued. Let him do so, you petty little tyrant Arteta. This makes you look like the worst of employers and managers, not to say human beings. Are you frightened he might prosper?
Arteta is losing the plot with this AMN business , banning him from the first team .
The PFA keeps talking about mental health of footballers like it’s a marketing ploy
Now they have a case where a manager is intentionally messing up a player
The worst part about this AMN incident is n that his loan was blocked, it’s that they still wouldn’t tell him what the club has planned for him.
I read that behind the scenes, Arteta would go for days without communicating with players to send a message. He likes to freeze people with silence.
Valentine
Sorry for repeating you. I didn’t see your original post.
Dissenter
The players and managers are ALL snowflakes. I don’t agree with Arteta but let’s be honest, the millionaire AMN should be okay.
He’ll be hitting the sticky icky as we speak.
Maybe AMN needs Pen Farthing to get him out of there, if his talents apply to wantaway RBs and well as they do animals
AMN is not a solution to any of our current problems on the pitch. He is a bang average footballer and at best a bench player.
I can understand Arsenal’s reluctance to “loan” AMN to Everton with option not obligation to
buy. If they come up with an offer or obligation to buy him then fine even if it is below his
current market value.
Guns
You’re joking, right?
This is the same lad that his mother attacked people on the training ground when he was in the U23s. If there’s anyone I’m concerned about emotional well being, it would be him.
The club needs to step in and deal with him as human being.
“Arteta is losing the plot with this AMN business , banning him from the first team”
Somebody needs to kick this joy sucking cretin out of our club. I will tell you this on good accord, we are on the highway to hell with this club
Wenger used to piss me off with his diatribe, but Arteta is just a full blown dickhead
Guns
AMN isn’t shit!
He just needs a good manager/coach. Unfortunately he doesn’t have that. Even in Wenger’s latter years, it wasn’t good.
Yes, we’ve seen how frustrating he can be. Yes he switches off. However, we’ve also seen that he is more than capable of playing to a high level.
Are you telling me that Kolasinac, Chambers, Elneny, GX, are better?
I sympathise with him.
These reports true , arteta chasing another centre back ? The man is certifiably mad
Lolz.
Arteta pats GX on the back and gives him a pay rise and yet others are treated like shit.
Scandalous.
Arteta is a horrible horrible man. I wish all the players (except Granit Xhaka) down tools on him and get him out of the club as soon as possible. His end is near. Not only the results on the pitch but his shenanigans off the pitch will cost him his job and I don’t think he will ever find a job again. Absolutely abhorrent and despicable tyrant.