The presser is IN and there are some bits that I did NOT like.
Mikel Arteta is digging his heels in over Granit Xhaka.
‘If you see the statistics’
Yes, we know that Granit is a capable left-back, we know that Mikel does not like Nuno, but Xhaka at left-back isn’t about being left-back, it’s about the midfield.
Sambi and Odegaard is not a natural pairing. Odegaard deeper reduces our chance creation. Moving Granit into left-back upsets the entire team.
It’s also not a great way to treat Nuno.
We’ll see what happens tomorrow, but if it’s a hill Arteta wants to die on, then he’s clearly convinced that Xhaka at left-back can see us into the top 4. It’s on him now.
He also indicated that Lacazette hasn’t been training for personal issues. Usually, with Arteta, that means someone has fallen out with him. I hope that’s not the case. Whatever it is, it means Eddie, Martinelli, or ESR will be playing that forward position.
It should be Eddie, but if he’s not staying, it could been seen as wasted minutes.
I’d quite like to see ESR in the false 9 role, but Arteta again said he’s struggling with fitness… an issue that has been dragging quite hard this season.
All I really care about is getting the 3 points and the perception of some momentum.
… until Chelsea spank us at Stamford Bridge and end our top 4 chances on Wednesday.
I saw the below post.
Just goes to show that the trend for disgusting abuse is a global issue that goes beyond some of the weirdos in our fanbase.
Instagram could ban the people, they could ban their burner accounts, they could stop the people signing up for new ones. But they don’t, because it would affect engagement, and the chunk of accounts they’d have to delete might not look good on earnings reports. The same reason Twitter doesn’t delete the bot accounts.
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Barf
Can we stop saying that Arteta hasn’t had strikers since January. He made the conscious choice to get rid of his senior striker.
Laca and Auba were decent strikers until Arteta came on board. Maybe it’s Arteta that doesn’t know how to put strikers in a position to succeed at the club.
And those 3 losses can easily turn into 5 losses if we are not careful.
Chelsea will likely beat us on Wednesday and then we face a Utd side that beat us already this season with non-existent confidence.
“The mad thing is may get him the sack sooner rather than later. 3 losses on the trot isn’t a good look.”
Its not “mad” its simply being a poor manager who lacks any wilful vision and instead depletes his squad and still continues to invoke non-negotiables – thats not mad, thats just plain and blatant stupidity. And for a Manager now well into his third season, that’s damning negligence through stubborn arrogance.
Have to hand to Arteta, being Spursier than Sprur’s and still managing to shit house an FA cup while alienating half his players along the way is some god damn feat.
Inadequate in every department.
Imagine with this squad what would have
happened if we had the extra games of any
of the European competitions.?
“ some serious decisions are going to have to be made in the off season” The only decision they will likely make will be give Arteta three years, increase his wages, meaning he will be more expensive to get rid of if he repeats 7th or 8th next season, which is starting to seem likely . In reality, they should see how he does for the first half of next season, before renewing if that’s what they want to do, but they won’t risk taking him so near the end of his deal incase he wakes up and starts doing… Read more »
@Nigel When we win, I’m happy and gloat towards you and Tony, and that’s acceptable… you doing the opposite just shows how stupid and tone-deaf you are. First off, thanks for not resorting to childish name calling, there is hope for you, because it is an improvement. But I always knew Nigel your sense of perspective, equality and fairness was at best none existent. Add to this your lack of research and overall common sense. So please take on board the following saying as it protects you from revealing your ignorance. To you and all the other AFBs on this… Read more »
Next level!!!
Lol
Sal
Bobby Martinez (Wigan) and old ‘Arry Redknapp (with Pompey!) won the FA Cup too.
And Van Gaal at Utd. Even a bum manager can put a Cup run together after all as per Pedro on Emery.
Couldn’t even take advantage of Spurs losing earlier. Luckily they did or we’d be 6 points behind them with a game still to play at Hotspur Stadium.
Even if we eeek into 4th place? What really changes? We get knocked out of a tournament on Tuesday/Wednesday at the hands of a European club instead of a domestic one.
We are going backwards.
What more evidence do fans need?
He wants to manage a football club and was given a top job based on a promise.
He has failed miserably.
He has been given money and chances and still failed.
He hasn’t got it , and never will have the ability to manage a top club like ours.
Stan unfortunately will do nothing so this crap will continue
For anyone who honestly believes that our problems are all down to the fact that we don’t have a viable Striker, you’re either incredibly daft or legally blind…this one-trick pony of a manager has proven time and time again that he doesn’t have the answers…our style of play is so pedestrian and directionless, that even the likes of Tony Pulis would spit in your eye if you dared to compare…I would go so far as to suggest that if this footballing mental midget doesn’t grow a pair over the next fortnight, we could find ourselves feeling rather fortunate if the… Read more »
“In reality, they should see how he does for the first half of next season, before renewing if that’s what they want to do, but they won’t risk taking him so near the end of his deal incase he wakes up and starts doing what he should be doing.” How much more would you like to see before your mind is well and truly made up? There is being poor and then there is being undeniably poor. How much more time and more episodes of “non-negotiables” is required before one realizes what they are seeing is not an aberration? The… Read more »
Dissenter that’s old news. Players fall out with managers. Auba wasn’t ripping up trees and was swinging the lead turning up late. The issue is we didn’t sign up a decent replacement.
The Paella Pulis if we are honest.
Guy has no idea how to coach inventive and dynamic football.
Remember lads the only table that matters is the post Christmas table…or does that only apply to last season…ah well
“The Paella Pulis if we are honest.”
That!!!
WE
I havent noticed that we have more losses than wins this year.
Thank God the since new year table is over too.
There wont be a place to hide this time for Arteta.
Ernest, I am trying to think realistically what they club will do over his new deal, there is no way they will sack him this summer, no matter what, I suspect he will get a new deal, just saying they should hold off on that. Agree, there has been wilful negligence, but on the striker issue, in fairness it seems he did try and get Tammy Abraham, not sure of it was the club or Chelsea who put pay to that. And they did try and get a pretty decent striker this Jan, of course Juve won that one. I… Read more »
Nice one Marko!!! if I remember correctly that’s when the cherry-picked narratives first took hold…just look how far we haven’t gone since then
“The Paella Pulis if we are honest.”
That’s a bit harsh. Paella is fucking delicious.
That was a seriously fucked up result. Arteta is just proving every doubter over his credentials as a manager. Top 4 is the maximum he can achieve. We have stretches through out the season where we lose 2, 3, 4 games in a row. And that isn’t good enough. He has a good eye for talent. But he will never be a coach to lead us to a little. With serious investment next season, may be he can crack top 4. But he won’t go any further. You have to find a way to win even if you are missing… Read more »
Lead us to a title*
David S., I believe we were looking for a cheeky loan and they were interested in something far more substantial…honestly, if you were Chelski would you have done your charitable work so close to home simply for a little chump change…now some might suggest that they owe us a thing or two, considering our charitable work with their seniors semi-retirement program, but this was never going to happen without paying way over the number…as for your Vlahovic claims, it’s clear now that this was little more than a rouse to feign interest in a player who was never going to… Read more »
Done with this club now. Been a fan since 1966. Time to get this fraud out of the Club, and take Edu, Vinai, SK and half the players with him. Dont give the fraud any more money to spend on players.
The only positive to take from today’s results is that nothing has changed. we still need to beat Spurs, ManUtd, WestHam to hope getting into top 4. Of course if things conspire against us, we may well end up to 8th, which a week ago I thought was not going to happen. However in view of our current form that becomes a distinct possibility. Even the game against WestHam could become a banana skin as they will have their tail up after their exploit in Europe. The only games that I see as sure victory (I know I may have… Read more »
Eagle I was at that Pompey FA cup win, somehow got hold of tickets. Not a duller afternoon have I spent. At least I got to see Kanu poach a winner. Arteta winning the cup was nice but certainly doesn’t cover up the carnage since. Truly can see us loose next three making it 6 on the trot. And that will be the measure of the season, good work in the middle undone. If we’re honest none of these players are progressing as season gets into the part that really counts, not Martinelli, ESR, Ø any of the defenders. Form… Read more »
Ramsdale in the first few matches flapping his arms around had everyone fooled.
Today’s loss wasn’t on him but the world class bollocks needs to end.
Pedro comparing Arteta to Conte because we both lost to Brighton lol
Sad day really , Arteta will not go because of the money.
He has no pride or the balls to go. Typical of today’s managers.
No respect of the club it’s just a means to an end.
Our club is being taken down by the owner and the parasites around it.
The players must feel bad as they are doing what this dickhead tells them to do.
They are not a bad bunch but they all must be downhearted.
We are devastated and helpless.
In true Arsenal fashion we go out and get a result against Chelsea mid week.
Hahaha Tr7, great way to beat the sensors too with that post . Sin bins 🤣 there’ll only be the 6 posters Tr7 mentioned posting.😂😂
Open question and please, sensible answers only…
Just been watching Matt and Pedro and between them they have offered up a list of Arteta flaws that have been made on here quite often. It was quite a contrast to the lines taken on here. Anyway, despite criticisms of how players are used, they seem to feel Arteta has improved players at the club.
Which players does anyone here feel have been improved through coaching by Arteta?
This was awful
Does anyone still have doubts about arteta’s credentials?
We’re cruising to an 8th or less finish
Habesha I’m giving edu the Credit for the recruitment
It’s painfully obvious now that arteta can’t coach
He learnt a version of jdp from pep but can’t adapt or tweak his approach
He’s really showing he can’t coach an improvement in player performances either
Not much hope for the remaining games
“Ramsdale in the first few matches flapping his arms around had everyone fooled.”
Been saying for a while that he has a tendency of making routine saves look damn spectacular which fools a lot of people in to believing he is a great keeper. Hand waving, oozing passion, cheerful demeanor and great PR has boosted his reputation much beyond his actual capability.
No doubt Mark…it will be an echo chamber wet dream
Pedro cows down cochrane and kandela on his podcast
They can’t really give an opinion
“Pedro comparing Arteta to Conte because we both lost to Brighton lol“
Conte’s been in his Tottenham job barely half a season so he’s got every right to keep working out the kinks.
He got outdone today because you can’t play one less body in midfield vs Brighton’s high press and expect to beat it. They didn’t.
Today showed what Spurs look like without Kane dropping deep in the playmaker role.
Give Conte another transfer window and he’ll get what he wants or he’ll walk.
Arteta won’t walk even if Arsenal sign no one next summer.
That’s the difference.
lol“Conte’s been in his Tottenham job barely half a season so he’s got every right to keep working out the kinks.””
Absolutely.
Inside,
I’d say Arteta has had the opposite effect not improved anybody but made players worse. Destroying their confidence, letting them rot unused on the bench and shredding their value.
No, he’s not improved anyone and the whole team is regressing.
A half-decent manager would get something out of this squad of players.
Arteta though is not half-decent.
Is he then only a quarter-decent manager?
Probably!
What I do know though is that he is just not good enough for Arsenal FC
“I am trying to think realistically what they club will do over his new deal, there is no way they will sack him this summer, no matter what, I suspect he will get a new deal, just saying they should hold off on that.” That in itself is the dilemma David, just how far progressed is Arsenal? 8th, 8th and…? 4th was within sight but realistically it wasn’t and isn’t, not when you trimmed your squad razor thin and then the inevitable injuries and worse, non-negotiables set in as predicted/expected. Thats not forward thinking, thats managing on a razor’s edge.… Read more »
TR7
”””””’Been saying for a while that he has a tendency of making routine saves look damn spectacular which fools a lot of people in to believing he is a great keeper.”””””””’
The more Grimsdale plays the village Idiot- the more it endears him to the fans- the more it distracts them to his true abilities- which is why he plays up.
he is an incredibly average keeper. Not even in the same class , as Foster of Saints.
A typical A & E signing.
A message to those Arsenal fans out there who still believe in the process and what Arteta is doing to our club.
Please wake up and smell the coffee.
Willian, when fucked off, was critical of Arteta. Auba too. Guen, Saliba, Ozil… to name a few.
@ Mark You see, I would have expected to see Martinelli kick on, I would have expected to see more from Saka. ESR hasn’t had as much of a look in after his run of goals. Sambi and Tavares got exiled. Odegaard seems to be a favourite but he isn’t a creator, he just seems to link play from one side to the other despite not being deep-lying. For me, Tierney has regressed most. He used to rampage forward, get in behind and put the ball in. Up to his injury, that seems to change to trotting to the halfway… Read more »
And damn does he clap.. as if he is summoning the football god from Mars to kiss his arse which sh*ts such brilliant football.
It’s certainly a dilemma. If he gets a decent transfer kitty and still tanks the first half of the next season badly, they will have to review his employment, new deal or not. It’s such a shame, he has killed the winning mentality that got him silverware so early, got rid of many of those players, this team today have no experience of winning anything . He has killed many players along the way. Outside looking in, it’s not great, I just hope there is a good reason behind the scenes for some of his actions , if there isn’t,… Read more »
Anyone that sincerely believes Saliba is going to play next season under Arteta? Unless one of Gabriel or White are injured, Arteta has made no secret of his lack of true interest in him. Saliba will be nothing more than a poker chip cashed in towards paying a ridiculous sum for an otherwise marginal Striker, one who will ultimately die an anonymous death in the “Arteta Triangle” of offensive threats.
Inside,
That’s right they’re under instructions, pain of death (not playing) if you do your own thing.
That’s why I stopped arguing with the AFB s cos I knew sadly that whatever happens Arteta has way too many character faults to be a successful manager. Worst of all he’s so arrogant, with no reason to be.
Real chance of the season collapsing now. After all the investment and the free reign he’s had its time to hold him accountable.
Well, it’s business as usual. After all, Artetas PR specialist (you know who) has told us to expect 9 points from a possible 24, I believe this was the generational stuff we were talking of all along. We all said it in the summer that the £134M was poorly spent especially when we decided to neglect the attack and midfield in two transfer windows, it’s no surprise that our chance creation stats (midfield) and goalscoring stats (attack) have been sh*t. We decided to trim the squad in January when we could’ve easily done that this summer now we have Lokonga… Read more »
Arteta:
‘We need to find a way to win football matches’
Like, der!
After 2½ years and nearly £300m, it’s heartening that he has now grasped that.
Ernest,
Saliba ain’t coming back. Would you want to play for a Cnut like Arteta? Fucked him over said he’s not ready and never gave him a chance. Then did so again with the loan straight out to Marseille. Didn’t even look at him after his successful Nice loan.
So no chance he’s seeing Pepe and even considering coming back to rot on the bench. Mikel won’t be pressured by anyone for guarantees , just look at Martinez. So Saliba is a fairy tale that didn’t happen cos of Arteta.
“Arteta:
‘We need to find a way to win football matches’”
I’ll give him this much – Arteta sure has a firm grasp of the obvious.
Arteta has a degree in the bleeding obvious
Our manager is fucking useless. The senior players are shit. Feel sorry for our young players. They’ve hit a wall. Probably lose to Norwich if we played them next week.
Fear we will still have Arteta next season no matter how badly we finish the season. This is what happens when you’re owned by idiots…..
Just a take from the 6-0 beating SH received from the Chavs last weekend. However you twist this it is damaging for Arsenal. If SH’s defense was rubbish than what does that say about our attack. If they can put 6 past SH’s defense and we couldn’t put one past theirs. Expect as it already was mentioned a cricket score to the goods of the Chavs in the next game which leaves 18 points to play for.
On a real positive note the GD between us and the Sp*ds stayed the same.
I wonder what Tets is like in the dressing room? Does it give the hair dryer treatment or is all skinny lattees and burning sage leaves?
Don’t know the situation with Paddy V and the board, seems there is some “Bad blood” there? But surprised that we don’t prise him away from Palace. Tets will not lead us anywhere and this only looks like a “Training Pad!” for him to aim for another job in future (unfortunately his inexperience as a Man Manager is all there for everyone to see). Don’t really rate Zizou but I believe if Stan was an ambitious Owner we could also get him…but a’las he might demand a transfer budget that the BoD would cringe at…. Giving Arteta funds for the… Read more »
Tomorrow W-Ham v Burnley who just sacked their manager, expect us to be 7th on Sunday.
There is no doubt now that Arteta is incapable of running the show
The process or project or whatever you like to call it has failed.
Players are demotivated and disillusioned. Many have regressed and the youngsters are in need of a proper man manager who is capable of leading us forward.
No doubt the possessed brigade will come up with some more excuses to justify yet another blip.
How can these folk look at themselves in the mirror each day?
Beats me!
Hassenhutl and Potter both miles better than Arteta.
PATHETIC SHIT BAGS OF THE HIGHEST ORDAAAR!
suck your mom.
pussyholes
I’ve had enough of these clowns.
Zizou has his future laid out, he wants to become the French team manager, therefore he will not come to a club in total disarray learn English and turn Arsenal into a competing club the man knows what he wants. He may take on the PSG job with a clause in the contract that when Dechamps leaves he will be allowed to take on the French team managing job. He is out of the picture. We blew it when elite managers were available and it is a real hard sell to change managers if there is no recognizable talent available… Read more »
According to the Express, Arteta’s post match comments are being read as asking the board for more money to sign experienced players. Not sure what that means for the project or developing the players we need. Arteta seems very close to wanting to cut corners with his project and become a chequebook manager.
All those celebrations by the players against Wolves and Villa just seems cringeworthy now. Where has that desire gone…how can you go into a game knowing Spurs just lost and not run yourself to the ground to want to win this game….say what you want about Atletico M and Simeone (and no I wouldn’t want Simeone at Arsenal) but some of that “nasty desire ” could have helped us today out there. And why not play Elneny instead of Lokonga? Because sorry that Lad offs us nothing whatsoever in that role, at least with El you already know what you… Read more »
Excellent latest Le Grove podcast tonight. Matt Kandela was absolutely on it. Pedro looked absolutely poleaxed on a few occasions with certain things Matt K said tonight. Matt K pointed out that if you take away the goals scored against Leeds and I think it was said Norwich who were in the lower depths of the table anyway for the whole season and on top of that had problems with depleted sides due to covid when we played them our goals for record this season in EPL would be absolutely pittance. Then he went on to talk about the Partey… Read more »
you implying he’s been sabotaging himself?
can’t say it hasn’t crossed my mind after Xhaka at left back…
Pedro is Tony Attwood in disguise !
Benjamin
At least Attwood chose a better horse. Defending Wenger with PL, FA Cups and consistent CL best 16 was a good hill to die for.
Arteta lucky FA Cup, 8th back to back and maybe 7th now it is just madness.
so let’s once again dig a little deeper into the whole “players have improved under Arteta” narrative… (1) Ramsdale—there’s no doubt I’ve seen some better performances from him here than under his two previous employers, but he’s been helped by our oft-times overtly defensive tactics and the fact that MA afforded him far more leeway than Leno when it came to playing out from the back…regardless, I still think we would have been better off keeping Emi, selling off Leno when his value was considerably higher, then using those saved and accumulated funds to address more pressing concerns (2) RB—Cedric… Read more »
Had some time to cool down after watching the game on stream. Obviously a bad result, but I agree that we didn’t exactly play terribly. Some good chances spurned by Saka and ESR. There was effort there but just not enough qualify. I do think it would be wrong to suggest this group of players don’t care enough, they clearly do but right now they seem unable to arrest the slump they are in. Seems some people have some short memories though, and appear out of nowhere to criticise, that’s a very easy thing to do after a defeat. For… Read more »
We “battered” Southampton in the second half because Southampton made a conscious decision to back off and defend on the edge of their own box in the second half after getting that late goal in the first half.
In the first half Southampton contested further up the pitch and we didn’t look that comfortable in central midfield in the first half. In the second half Southampton gave up territory in central midfield to as said before defend deeper in front of their own penalty box.
but he’s been helped by our oft-times overtly defensive tactics and the fact that MA afforded him far more leeway than Leno when it came to playing out from the back“
Let’s be honest. A lot of his wonder stops have come against Shiite teams. He got found out every time we played a decent team.
That’s the same Southampton that Chelsea battered.
I presume that many here going into a match hope for a win but being honest more likely theu will be happy with a nil nil draw. After SH scored the comments here became damaging of Arteta and toxic to the point of downright unacceptable and I am an Arteta never. Why is this? Because as soon as the opposition scores many of us feel the game is lost because come back wins are rare indeed for Arsenal this season. That is not a good optic for fans. I tried to shuffle around players, hope for certain signings that are… Read more »
Don’t have to be an expert in PR spin to know where the problem lies.
Arteta isn’t good enough.
How did we not buy Bissouma/Bentancur?
Kuluevski too? Why weren’t we competing with Spurs for them?
Had we got them….we’d of got CL easy while also weakening Spurs.
Can’t believe we paid 50m for White.
Tavares is terrible.
Cedric is terrible.
Xhaka should of been sold years ago.
We have no ST.
Potter or Vieira needed ASAP.
We can’t waste more years playing dire football with Arteta.
“ According to the Express, Arteta’s post match comments are being read as asking the board for more money to sign experienced players.”
He’s had experienced players and with two exceptions, he seems minded to force them out
Ishola70..good observations, although it seems incredibly discouraging that someone would even need to highlight such a fact, as I’m fairly certain it was glaringly obvious to both you and I…it’s much the same vein as when some on here tried desperately to prop-up Eddie due to his late game performances, when we’re chasing the game and the opposition is parking the bus, as he’s often able to carve out a few chances due to the fact that defences have far bigger fish to fry than focusing their defensive attentions on him
Well done Mikel you have lost 3 Prem games in a row twice this season for the first time sine 1983/4 season.. what a fantastic achievement
Also what has El Neny done to not even get a look in, Lokonga is such a raw player. We’ve not even managed to extract at least 5-8 goals out of Pepe whom we know has it in him sometimes. There’s a bucket load of excuses as to why this manager hadn’t done well. Not a lot of young players have gotten their chances under him, the ones he’s inherited haven’t really taken their games up a notch. Again, it was sang all last summer that it was criminal to spend that much money and have no single attacking or… Read more »
Not convinced that giving Arteta more money is going to resolve a fundamental problem, he’s a control freak that will eventually alienate even his most loyal of players. Its goes without saying that every player on the squad will inevitably run afoul of said managers non-negotibles. I can see non-negotiables with proven winning and respected managers, but demanding from minute one of your managing tenure? Thats a new one and one with a limited lifespan. Not going to hide it any longer, I am just not seeing a tangible upside to a control-freak manager – not yesterday, not today, and… Read more »
Buying a striker is a waste of time unless we have a new manager that can coach the attack and make him the focal point of the attack. A striker should not be the supporting cast to the wingers and attacking midfielders , yet in Arteta’s system that is exactly what we have. The huge problem is that our wingers or wider forwards and midfields don’t have enough goals in them. We did have a striker famed for finding the back of the net regularly but we didn’t play to his strengths and our manager found a way to fall… Read more »
I’m not sure many on le grove can complain too much about the arrogance of Arteta as (unlike myself) they were in total support of his arrogant behaviour back in 2020..
Back then, I posted many comments on the arrogance of Arteta and the continuous bullshit spouted on a weekly basis.
New record lows for MA. Cant see him being sacked, nor the bord doing anything about anything. A rudderless ship with fuck all money to spend
“Pedro himself later on made some good points about Arteta’s aversion to risk.”
Ah yes, rare moments of clear salient thought, then reverting back to script as is unfortunately common with those suffering clouded thinking, often referred to as alcohol induced discombobulation.
Prob wide of the mark, but is it possible some finance issue meant Arteta was told to get Auba out by whatever means – with no possible replacement in Jan? I know who they reportedly went after but that was never going to happen, nice story but no reality. Just can’t get how he went for big wages for Auba and Willian only to completely misuse, then ditch both. As with a lot of things Arteta, and the club in general, just don’t really get it , seems to defy logic. He won a trophy with some experienced players then… Read more »
“Back then, I posted many comments on the arrogance of Arteta and the continuous bullshit spouted on a weekly basis.”
Lets be clear Pierre, your many comments referenced but one primary example, the steaming and heaping pile of cow flop known as Ozil Moo.
Arteta may be many things negative, but he will always remain bang-on exactly right about your sock puppet buddy Ozil – and that will always bother you for a dozen lifetimes.
To think Pedro even turned on our record goal scorer to protect this YTS manager.
At the start of the season I said I’d sew my arsehole up if arteta got us anywhere above 7th…. Up until 2 weeks ago I had the needle and thread at the ready…. Looks like I won’t need them after all
Ernest ReedApril 16, 2022 23:00:44
“Back then, I posted many comments on the arrogance of Arteta and the continuous bullshit spouted on a weekly basis.”Lets be clear Pierre, your many comments referenced but one primary example, the steaming and heaping pile of cow flop known as Ozil Moo.Arteta may be many things negative, but he will always remain bang-on exactly right about your sock puppet buddy Ozil – and that will always bother you for a dozen lifetimes.
Ha ha..
New post
Ernie
“ Arteta may be many things negative, but he will always remain bang-on exactly right about your sock puppet buddy Ozil –”
“Bang on” ?…..Not if you look at how many big chances are created now compared to when Ozil was in the side.
The stats don’t lie , big chances created have almost halved since Ozil was a regular in the side under wenger when he was quoted as being the 3rd most creative player in Europe during that season.
David, A few people have mentioned that they don’t understand why Arteta signed Auba up for such big wages then didn’t set up team for him to flourish. It’s because just like Arteta didn’t know his best team after 2years, he’s winging it. He’s thought Auba would just keep banging em in, regardless of his lack of tactical nous. He kept Luis and bought Willian cos he thought they’d perform, wanted to keep Mustafi. Signed Mari. All kinds of shit cos he doesn’t have a plan, just talks a lot of BS which sounds great but has no substance. Johnny… Read more »
This cunt tr7 been Mia for months when we were doing well but shows up after a few losses to piss on the team he claims to support. Spud cunt.
Terrible result and if you think its going to get better, you would be wrong. Most players are in the red zone and playing with bandages, which is ironic because we are playing only once a week and expected to have the freshest squad for the run into top 4
Expect more injuries lads. Gabriel, white, martinelli and odegaard firmly in the red zone.
Poor squad/game management by Arteta during the season is the main reason for this collapse especially when we only had Prem games to play once a week, apart from a handful of LC games