If DiMatteo Wins The Champions League (and FA Cup maybe)
and if you want to extend it maybe 1st or 2nd in the league next year - would it still be a requirement that the next Arsenal manager must have a proven track record?
I know RDM is working at a club where considerably more money has been ploughed in, but on the flip side much of the side are fiarly average players or within a decent price eg Sturridge, Cahill, Kalou, Mereiles, Mikel etc.
His experience in management has consisted mainy of failing at West Brom compare that to two of our ex player examples.
Tony Adams - His only previous experience is also failing once at a PL club.
Brian McDermott - His record absolutely slaughters DiMatteo's a considerably better job at Reading than RDM at WBA. Yet if you proposed either of those say as next Arsenal manager, they'd probably be 100/1 shots and laughed off.
It doesn't have to be ex players. It would suggest that maybe Martinez, or possibly Rogers could do as decent a job at this level if DiMatteo can do it and AVB not.