WEDNESDAY ROUND-UP

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Arsenal has a few days to get ready for a big game against Aston Villa. There are still 9 points to play for in this phase, so a win against the team that tried to steal our best player is would be very good news… and boy, does it feel like we need a bit of good news.

Palace saw another inconsistent day at the office for Arsenal. People complain about the tactics, the mentality… I’ve read people calling the Arsenal players weak.

We’re strugging with a lack of experience at the moment, which was always going to be a challenge this season. When you watch the Palace game back, it’s hard to say that they deserved to beat us. Anything they created that was half decent came because of our mistakes. Our centre backs shouldn’t be letting balls go into feet with such ease, especially to Benteke. Our young players should be smarter about how they break up dangerous moves. The team should be building on goal advantages, not sitting back and letting life happen to us.

Thomas Partey making big mistakes is frustrating, because we expect more of him. Sambi Lokonga doing the same is just part of the deal you make when you sign fancy young players from the continent. We’re going to have to deal with that this season.

We’ve spent 10 years waiting for a coherent transfers strategy, now we have one that is youth focused, there are going to be rough moments.

So what do Arsenal need to work on over the next few days? I think we need to find some confidence. The players need to find a bag of swagger. If you take a lead with lots of good football, don’t sit back. If a team pushes up against you, play through it. We allowed Brighton to box us in and we didn’t have the guts to play out of the trap. We let Palace get back into the game and press up against us, we didn’t have the smarts to stretch them.

According to Scott Willis, there was a period in the game where we could barely string 3 passes together. That lack of control is costing us at the moment. That’s the control that Granit Xhaka gives the side that people are refusing to acknowledge. Sambi and Partey need to give us that because we can’t keep playing that way until January.

We’re also seeing the challenges you have with young players. ESR and Saka aren’t going to have the consistency of players 4 years older than them. Those two having a bad day isn’t helped when Nico has a disaster class even by his own standards.

What is Arteta going to do to rectify that? I thought this Sambi quote was interesting.

“He backed me, he backed the team. I think when we come on we have to bring this mentality that Lacazette did…I think he brought fire when he came on and that’s what we need to try to do every time somebody comes on.”

I think it’s time to see Martinelli in this side. It might be time to give Lacazette a go through the middle, he’s playing for a contract, so let’s see what he has. Whatever happens on Friday has to be a response to the lack of control we have at the moment. We need to bring some fire to the party, not a heated quilt.

The big question over Arteta is whether he can move out of this Goldilocks phase? We’re rarely completely shit. We’re rarely blow-the-doors-off brilliant. That’s not a fun place to be in.  Even when we’re negative, it’s a boring type of negative. Football is entertainment, pushing results out like a body ejecting kidney stone isn’t going to have the fans on side for long, even with young players. That Spurs game needs to be the start of something… not our one decent game of football a year we have.

Arteta needs to kick things up on Friday. Villa will come to play, they’ll press and fluster us, but we can beat them.

Let’s see what he brings to the party.

Short one today, see you in the comments.

P.S. Tune into the LIVE podcast later where Johnny will be interviewing the legendary Nigel Winterburn! CELEB THINGS PEOPLE. We’re on a rocket to the moon.

 

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Leftside

White doesn’t watch football, he looks like he works in Ibiza part time as a holiday rep.

Globalgunner

Atalanta in.my local dialect literally means ” We sell hot spice”. They are definitely giving it to United right now

Venga, Dani

Would much rather see Ode/ESR further up field and Pepe nowhere near the pitch.

Guns of SF

I almost reckon that if Ole gets canned, KSE might wake up and also reconsider our coach as well.

Danny

Well Man U can always hire another ex-player, Steve Bruce is available!

Ishola70

Arsenal might respond to the Crystal Palace result and get a more positive one against Villa. Villa are no world beaters just like Crystal Palace aren’t. But of course we all know that a draw or defeat is just as likely as well. I think another draw seems the most likely result against Villa but anything could happen. We have gone past the it’s just about the results stage though with Arteta now. When people say it’s just about results they are wrong in regards this current Arsenal. Leave that to teams who are fighting at the top of the… Read more »

Ishola70

Should surprise no-one that Man United are struggling once again.

They are a mess and Atalanta have shown the last few seasons that they can give most teams a game for the most part.

Atalanta do have a habit of conceding as well as scoring though so this game may not be totally over yet but such is the state of Man Utd it may well be.

Nelson

Hudson is a very good runner. Chelsea 3 – 0

Nelson

I like Atalanta’s striker. The way he headed in the 2nd goal, He jumped so much higher than the rest of the players.

Ishola70

Nice ball from Fernandes to set up Rashford.

Sly

That was incisive Pierre
Great point

Ishola70

lol Willock in 45th for duels won.

I think we can all see with our own eyes that all is not well with the side regardless of stats.

Ustyno

How a gigantic club like Arsenal FC allows a coach to used them to learn on the job is gradually becoming the next wonder of the world

As in I just can’t imagine,an idea a club less than a quarter of their size should be doing

We are watching how it will end

Ishola70

Zapata destroyed Lindelof there.

Lindelof has been so dodgy for Man United for such a long time.

Ishola70

Bit of a poor goal for Atalanta to concede.

Ustyno

How a gigantic club like Arsenal FC allows a coach to used them to learn on the job is gradually becoming the next wonder of the world

As in I just can’t imagine,an idea a club less than a quarter of their size should be doing

We are watching how it will end.

Ishola70

Atalanta do what they do.

Score but also concede.

Man United have that attitude that they will just attack this season and not care about being an overall balanced side. Won’t serve them well over time but means they can edge out Atalanta tonight.

Dennis+the+Menace

I fear the wrath of the Arteta Ultras but I did point out at the end of the transfer window that our convoluted and expensive management structure should have been capable of buying youth and experience when clubs in Europe were selling due to the financial impact of Covid. Now we’re seeing inconsistent performances as a result. But, just in case I get a stern reprimand as an enemy of the club, can I also add that: “Arteta is the best manager…ever!”

James

I think we’ll draw against Village, then we’ll have lost 3 won 3 drawn 3 in that perfect order

James

*villa!

Words on a blog

James,

The way we’re playing these days, we’d struggle to get a draw against the Village People.

McBright is Wright

At the end of the season, it would then dawn on us that we have wasted 3 seasons waiting for diet-pep to turn to gaint-pep. That’s the difference between a big club and a wanna-be club claiming to be a big club.
Do you know what we go have achieved had we pulled the plug on Arteta earlier. Time is of the essence. Only not on here.

Leftside

Fridays game will prob see us start well for 10 minutes then fizzle out.

It all hinges on which Villa turn up for me. Recently they have a good record against us and I won’t be surprised if that continues.

Vickingz

To understand all that’s happening to Arsenal fc, you only need to take a look at pedro. When you read Pedro’s writeups, what do you see? Inconsistencies, right?

Leftside

We are literally an irrelevance being managed by an irrelevant manager. There’s nothing to see until we have a new manager, then we’ll probably see a lot of the old regulars on here.

Its the same issues that have plagued us to date and will until this inane experiment has ended.

WinOrDie

‘Arteta needs to kick things up’ I’m afraid Arteta has reached the top of his coaching abilities. Won’t be surprised to see the same things That is being passive with no clue to create proper chances.

Tony

Good to see you’re still in the shadows K’phobe hope all well with you, family and Almunia. Had my 2 Pfizer shots – one to go now. First it was we have a rookie who will make mistakes, now we have youngest team in the league. A rookie leading the rookies? How in the world does that make sense to have a rookie manager who has failed for 23 months by the senior management and owners? The rookie manager is still a clueless rookie unless he has a further half a billion to spend, so with that thinking the rookie… Read more »

Guns of SF

Just had my booster yesterday and feel like I have been run over by a truck. Pfizer.
I wonder how effective the second shot was… I mean, did it run out, and why am I feeling so cruddy. I know its the immune system response tho… just thought the booster would not floor me like this

Tony

I was thinking about Guendouzi and letting him go for a pittance, but hopefully Guen will say no to the move because he wants to stay in the PL. The player has to agree so thankfully we won’t be selling a £30m player as Saliba cost there about. London better than Amsterdam? I think not having lived in London when it was heaving and far from woke. Regular knifings and other violence in the capital you can’t drive around for traffic after paying extortionately for the privilege. I was calling for Ten Hag through most for last season. It won’t… Read more »

Tony

Guns I had a rough few days after my 2nd Pfizer shot, so I’ve asked for Morderna as my booster in late Jan.

Over here they wait a few months before the booster.

Hope you feel better soon, Guns.

Zacharse

Guns been hearing the same from everybody
Feel better

Janky

Guns immune response is strong, that’s short term pain long term goodness. Tony, I’d stick with the Pfizer. Moderna will probably make you feel worse. There’s science and reason behind that advice but it’s super boring to talk about. Anyway, only clear mistake is not to get the booster. And Arteta sucks. Worse than Ole…I’m comfortable saying that, look at the records, and this isn’t praise of OGS… worse than Unai, terrifyingly making me miss seeing Arsene on the touchline trying to manage the zipper on his massive puffy long coat. A win against Villa won’t change that. Short of… Read more »

Guns of SF

Thanks fellas.
Left work early today and just been in bed, feeling flu like…
Hope tomorrow is better.

PhD2020

I think the real obsession of the blogger towards Arteta, probably stems from Arteta donning some golden hot pants and stiletto heels, thus summoning the blogger to his office for daily briefings over the last two years.

I guess the blogger is enraptured by what he sees behind the cold chamber office of Arteta-‘The Domme’ or maybe the comfy confines of his humble abode..Cue the daily outpourings of affection towards the ‘generational one.’

With Arteta saying-‘Do you like what you see?’
Further adding-“I’m spinning around-I know you like it,like this.”

See below….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1DWBKk5xHQ

Guns of SF

PHd
whatever, you just wanted to share Kylies hot back side with the fellas. LOL

Dark Hei

man i am tempted to click on that link but i am now at work.

Dark Hei

“As in I just can’t imagine,an idea a club less than a quarter of their size should be doing”

We have good company alongside Man United.

I find the Le Grove forums a tad more entertaining. At least there are those posts by PHD

Sid

People trust vaccines from a company that been, for years, knowingly selling baby powder laced with asbestos that caused ovarian cancer in women.

Instead of changing diet and lifestyle.

Sid

After the third vaccine how long before you are adviced to take a 4th?

Sid

“””Arsenal Duals won in the top 100 …none (willock was 45th)
Tackles in the top 70 …none (willock was 4th)””””

Diet Pep fanboys claim Willock is Not suitable at CM but are willing to give Odegaard a chance at CM. Hilarious.

MD-Gunner

Had my second Moderna shot in the middle of April and was down for part of Thursday and Friday, back to normal on Saturday. I do expect the same with the booster shot. It is a good idea to get a flu shot at the same time, Moderna in one arm, flu shot in the other. It will be interesting to see what Dean Smith conjures up against AFC. There are certainly a few players that would like to proof a point, none other then Emi & Buendia. Anything but a win will put spinning the result in overdrive, but… Read more »

Kroenkephobe

Hiya Tony, Good to hear your news. Arteta is utterly hopeless isn’t he. Its laughable that there are still some people looking to defend him. You can’t help but suspect their motives have little to do with wanting the best for the club. 5th best club in London right now. I’m going to the Leeds game with junior next week. Ordinarily I’d have been itching to be there but I’m getting bogged down thinking about traffic, parking and getting back to west Wales at 3am. Sharp contrast to all those European away games and sleepless boozy trips home when we… Read more »

Waz

Courtesy of oh_that_crab…

In general this season, Arsenal has been a relatively passive defensive team in terms of trying to win the ball back.

5.2 – Arsenal’s defensive actions per minute of opponent possession, ranking 19th in the Premier League.

14.1 – Passes allowed per defensive action by Arsenal, ranking 15th.

31.9 – Time that Arsenal has won the ball back per match after applying pressure this season, ranking last.

The Bard

I see Arsenal have just signed up a 4yo. Presumably when they tell us they have a long term strategy I didn’t think it was that long term !

Pierre

Sid Odegaard duels won….273rd (11 duels won) ESR 101st (30) willock 35th (42) Odegaard tackles ……206th (5) ESR 242nd (3) willock 4th (24) Odegaard or willock is not on tge list for assists…ESR 32nd(1) Odegaard 89th for key passes (7 ) ESR 48th(9) Recovered balls …Odegaard 203rd(20)… ESR 103rd (33 Accurate pass % Odegaard 87th (86.7%) ESR 24th(91.2%) willock 141(83.9) Odegaard , willock or ESR are NOT on the list for big chance created Key passes Odegaard 75th(7), ESR 48th(9) willock 161(3) Successful dribbles Odegaard.235th ( one dribble ) ESR 14th (14) willock 44th (9) Shots on targer ..Odegaard 235(one)…ESR… Read more »

Pierre

48th(9)Recovered balls …Odegaard 203rd(20)… ESR 103rd (33…willock 75th (38)

Odegaard 89th for key passes (7 ) ESR 48th(9)willock 161st (3)

Al

It is actually crazy the amount of excuses Arteta is given. He just is not good enough

Sid

“””””For me , what this highlights is the little influence that Odegaard has on the game offensively and defensively compared to Smith Rowe and even Willock “””””

Juego de pornografia

Davey

The Dutch league is dire but have you seen Ajax record after 9 games? won 7 drawn 1 lost 1, goals for 32 goals against 2! I want the dutch fella- ARTETA OUT

Shaun

forget coming from through the backdoor at spurs I take the twenty hour flight to get into that backdoor

Shaun

Kylie’s back door that is .Just so we are clear as I know imaginations can run wild on these forums , straight talking ,straight shooting backdooring kinda dude lol…lol sorry couldn’t help myself

Davey

And throw in CL group stats – played 3 won 3 gd-10

Sid

Arsenal would struggle badly against Dortmund, Diet Pep fanboys are in denial about Ajax quality

Jamie

I genuinely love Sid’s content, everything except the anti-vax nonsense.

Diet and exercise is imperative to general good health, no doubt. But there is no substitute for vaccines. They save lives, many more than allowing contagions to spread though the population, regardless of the perceived motivations of pharmaceutical companies because science, end of story.

An annual coronavirus vaccine booster is no different to the elderly/frontline workers receiving annual flu jabs.

Imagine the football served up being so boring I’m talking about vaccines. Tepid, thin sauce.

As you were.

DUIFG

People laughing about ole, they battered Atlanta in the second half. Loads of chances.

They got the result. We can’t build pressure, we don’t loon threatening. Our issues are so much deeper than partey playing into trouble .

Again look how many men are around him when he receives the ball and the options he has. They are not good

Sid

Thanks Jamie, i will end vaccine talk, like politics and religion, its difficult to reach a consensus

Jamie

Nice one, Sid.

It’s not so difficult to reach a consensus on the averageness of Artetaball.

TR7

Covid vaccination should be voluntary, it should not be forced upon the masses. It’s crazy how vaccination has been made mandatory for travel, in office premises and in most public gatherings when there’s no sincere study done on long term impacts of vaccines. As a banker I had no other option but to take both the doses but the whole thing has become a joke really. Now there’s a talk of booster doses and who knows when it will all end.

Sid

Le grove, the place for bedwetters and anti vaccers

Dark Hei

Getting Covid should be voluntary too. It should not be forced upon the masses by anti-vaxxers.

Lets just quit this talk of vaccines as there is always another side.

If you want entertainment, just stick a figurine of Arteta with needles.

Jamie

Does anyone remember all those anti-vax protests in the 1950s when the polio vaccine was developed (and eventually eradicated polio in the UK 30 years later) because at the time there hadn’t been sufficient studies on the long-term effects of the vaccine or how many lives it ‘actually saved’?

Asking for a friend.

TR7

Polio vaccine : large scale trials over several years

Chinese virus vaccine : small scale trials done in haste

We can’t compare the two.

Sid

Anyone remember the Tuskegee experiment?

englandsbest

TR7

Well,we could allow Covid to rage, spread, mutate, destroy and cross-fingers hope it will run out of steam. On the other hand it may mutate into a truly lethal form. Right now, vaccination is our best protection. But to be effective, EVERYONE must take the jab.

A plague like this has been on the cards, entirely predictable. Mother Nature’s way of dealing with over-population. It’s happened before to other species..

Sid

Anyone remember Henrietta Lacks?

Ernest Reed

“the whole thing has become a joke really”

We truly are our own worst enemies, deservingly so.

Pierre

Just Arsenal “In summary then, despite the accusation that AW’s second term in office was not a success story, three fa cups, three CS trophies, seven top four finishes and seven Q/F appearances in the CL would suggest a different story. The problem has always been the COMPARISON with his first ten years by a minority of our own fans and the media at large. How we would like to boast of three Q/F CL appearances since he left, or even three lowly fourth places that was so derided by our own fans. So, let’s just get the FACTS right… Read more »

Biggles

A team where 8/11 who started are internationally capped (and the other three have all played internationally at junior level at least) are inexperienced?

That’s just ridiculous. We’re not talking about bedding in Miguel Azeez here. We’re talking about a team that includes one of the world’s top ten most expensive defenders, guys that have played in Champion’s League finals, years at the Bernabeu and international team captains.

Ernest Reed

Yeah, who can ever forget those dual 5-1 shellackings at the hands of Bayern in 16/17 Pierre? Good times indeed!

TR7

Singapore one of the most advanced countries in the world with more than 80 percent population vaccinated is seeing an unprecedented surge in Covid-19. The jury is out on efficacy of Covid vaccines.

Biggles

@Pierre You are right that I’d be delighted to have made the Champion’s League knockout stages for the last few years even if it meant a humiliation by Bayern in the last 16 every time, because at least we’d have been there and performing better in the league. However you can’t deny that Arsenal under Wenger was on a downward trajectory. We can debate the cause of that, but the actual result remains the same regardless. The reason myself – and I think many other fans – are annoyed about the second decade of Wenger’s tenure is because as a… Read more »

Habesha Gooner

I honestly didn’t think we would get two successive worse managers after Wenger. The irony is I think Emery is better than this guy. This guy is still in the job because he is a salesman. His results have been worse than Emery. I have been calling for ten hag for three seasons now. After all of their talent was robbed, they are now back with a bang. And with Haller of of all strikers leading the line. Haller was so shit at westham though. But now he is the leading CL scorer. That means Tenhag knows what he is… Read more »

Habesha Gooner

Neres *

Brian Muff

I don’t feel Partey deserves the criticism he’s getting lately. He hasn’t been given a decent partner since he arrived, and he’s been run ragged ever since. People talk of him being a Rolls Royce, well currently Arteta’s racing that Rolls round a demolition Derby track hoping he can fight with all the old bangers. This summer we should’ve seen Xhaka moved on and then some decent Money spent on a partner for Partey and then I think we’d have seen the real Partey for once. Why Arteta didn’t address this area and instead chose to stick with Xhaka is… Read more »

Dark Hei

“Singapore one of the most advanced countries in the world with more than 80 percent population vaccinated is seeing an unprecedented surge in Covid-19. The jury is out on efficacy of Covid vaccines.”

I am from SG BTW.

When we blew the whistle way back in Feb 2020, nobody in the western world took us seriously.

So really, don’t look here; there is nothing to see here except selective statistics.

As I said, if you feel an urge to talk about vaccines, just stick a needle into Arteta-doll.

Pierre

Biggles
“However you can’t deny that Arsenal under Wenger was on a downward trajectory. We can debate the cause of that, but the actual result remains the same regardless.”

Man city and Chelsea’s bottomless pit of money was probably 75% of the reason we struggled to compete in the league and struggled to compete in the transfer market , though I’m not denying that Wenger struggled in his latter years in the transfer market ..money or no money he made some poor signings

Nelson

Carlo Ancelotti is not finished yet. This Real Madrid team looks very impressive.Benzema is getting better with age.

Habesha Gooner

Who wants to bet we will play the same way against villa? Tierney boming down the left with Auba on the wing. That is what he will do and Villa will predict what we will do. I don’t like the press conferences arteta gives nowadays. It just looks like someone selling you something. But when you open it, it is filled with crap. I can’t wait for him to be fired. Because Arsenal will keep on stagnating while he is in charge. Two years of the same pattern tells me that. Wenger was bad at recruiting in the last few… Read more »

Nelson

Marseille plays Lazio today. Time to watch Captain Guen.

Gonsterous

Really don’t see how youth is an excuse. It’s an excuse when it’s the final day and the pressure gets to them and they fall short. Not an excuse to play shite footie week in, week out Auba is 30+ Laca is 30 Partey is 28 Xhaka is 29 Pepe is 24 White is 23 with 2 years PL experience Ramadale is 25 with years of PL experience Tierney is 24 with over 50 caps in the national team 24,25 is not young in football anymore. That’s the age players start stepping up. This isn’t a bunch of 18-20 year… Read more »

Tony Abs

Sid People get a different flu vaccine every year. Does that freak you out? It’s important to remember that how long the polio vax took to develop is comparable, considering advances in medical science over the past 60 years, with the anti-covid vaxes. We all know ‘big pharma’ are arseholes. Big anything are arseholes. But seriously, if you’re going to be anti vax for that reason go your bathroom right now and throw out every single product in there. And next time you’re at your GP for a minor problem or in ER for something worse make sure you refuse… Read more »

Sid

The youth narrative is pathetic, the season we finished 5th Torr and guen in midfield was younger than what we have, Saka was younger, AMN was younger or equal in age to Tomiyasu etc

Biggles

@Pierre I don’t deny that the money made a difference, it clearly did. However even in that time period, we still were one of top 8 richest clubs in the world. We could have competed far better than we actually did. The rich clubs can’t sign *all* the good players, there’s a limit to squad sizes after all. What we didn’t do is get good money for players we sold. We got £16m for Henry (depressing to see what the £ was worth to the € then but that’s a comment for a different blog) and only four days later,… Read more »

Dissenter

‘ Polio vaccine : large scale trials over several years Chinese virus vaccine : small scale trials done in haste’

What about the vast mount of data from the hundreds of millions vaccinated around the world

The Covid vaccine efficacy has been replicated in real life. No ifs, now or buts. There are many societies that wish the had the opportunity to get it.

Andy

pepe was one of the few players who offered a goal threat and he created both our goals. how exactly is that a disasterclass? seems to me he is one of the few players right now (esr and saka being the others) willing to take a chance and make something happen consistently.

GoonerDave

Some of you are astonishingly stupid. Being anti vaccine is not the same as being against vaccine mandates. A vaccine mandate is the bureaucratic equivalent of being held down while a substance is injected into your veins. And if it goes wrong, you have no recourse or grounds to claim compensation. If genuine discussion had been allowed, there would be far more people happy to take the vaccine. Instead, all opposition was banned, deleted and ridiculed. Qualified doctors and virologists were silenced by twitter, you tube et al for raising legitimate concerns. This breeds major suspicion and doubt. Shill for… Read more »

Gonsterous

Give arteta a bottomless pit of money, and he’ll still fail to have an identity to his football.

His mentor pep spent billions to get it right, so I’m not so sure about the apprentice.
How much did pep spend on the city defense again?

Sid

JDP with Steve Round assisting to implement it, pure comedy

andy1886

Quite frankly even if MA can eventually get it right after spending billions a la Pep I find that style of football sterile and boring so why would I want to watch that?

Managers that copy others never succeed. Take ‘Barca Lite’ for example, never got close to working.

Great managers find their own solution and set trends, not follow them. Any mug can try that. Remind me who Wenger, Ferguson, early Mourinho or Klopp copied?

Habesha Gooner

Andy1886 Pep actually improved Cruyff’s total football. There is nothing wrong with copying an idea, if you can implement it right and develop it. Arteta though isn’t doing any of it. Pep doesn’t play Zonal football no matter what everyone thinks. He still creates Triangles and passing lanes to attack the opposition. There is also a method to his pressing. Arteta on the other hand isn’t pressing, rather creating a low block everytime we have to defend. He also can’t create passing triangles. He just instructs his players in a zone he assigns them and rarely do they move out… Read more »

Sid

Seems Diet Pep is implementing a hybrid of Moyesball and knock off total football. Generational stuff!

Davey

Pepe is shite 72 m wasted, but wait he created both goals- a shot that was lamely parried by the keeper to Auba’s feet and a late desperate last minute cross that was knocked down from a header then White’s saved shot fell to Lacca. Why do people defend him he was utter dross like they all were but he is dross consistantly and is our record signing FFS!

Davi

Davey – I’m desperate for Pepe to do well because I think there’s a real player hidden away in there (simulate to gervinho), however, can’t argue with what you said. The point is, if Martinelli was playing Pepe’s position, he may have contributed more, either directly or indirectly (for example by simply not giving the ball away so often or showing things down unnecessarily), which may have led to the same result or better

Davi

“Great managers find their own solution and set trends, not follow them. Any mug can try that. Remind me who Wenger, Ferguson, early Mourinho or Klopp copied?”
So true. Actually the wheels started falling off for Wenger when he decided Barcelona-style football was the way forward, and moved away from his pace, power, technique mantra

Davey

Davi- Agreed and I wanted him to succeed so much as I thought he was going to get us down the pitch quicker, he has sublime skills but is not suited to English football and his decision making is poor. I would not want to be a full back with him in front of me and would only play him on the left or not at all. I understand people saying he is not being coached well but for 72m nobody can deny we have a dud.

UTarse

Pedro’s next excuse for Arteta…..”leaves on the pitch”….

Terraloon

Pierre “Man city and Chelsea’s bottomless pit of money was probably 75% of the reason we struggled to compete in the league and struggled to compete in the transfer market , though I’m not denying that Wenger struggled in his latter years in the transfer market ..money or no money he made some poor signings” What went wrong was the fact that for one reason or the other the Arsenal board were led by the nose I suspect by AW into looking at the balance sheet as a trophy. The sad sad point is far too many supporters likewise rubbed… Read more »

Davey

Arteta pressie on we know how to beat Villa- complete over technical bollocks, I will tell you how we beat Villa- score more than them- sick of this shit he is coming out with bring back Don Howe at least he said it straight!