Next Arsenal manager?

[The Emirates Gallactico]

In terms of realistic prospects and not the fantasy ones like Mourinho, Pep, Ancelotti etc etc, it's really difficult to identify a real ideal fit.

Personally I'm not sold on Moyes - he's a good manager and would be stable (i.e. I don't think he'd make us any worse) but as someone pointed out I'm not certain he could take us to to the next level. He's got his tried and trusted ways and would certainly improve our player motivation and defensive organisation but there are other things in which he's not as good as Wenger.

Laudrep's exciting and has been doing well at Swansea but I'd honestly like to see him at Swansea for a few more seasons before hailing him as our saviour. I remember when Owen Coyle was similarly doing well at Bolton and people on here were speculating on him being a future Arsenal manager, which seems like a complete joke at the moment.


Ultimately though regardless of whoever we choose there is going to be a large risk involved that things might not work out and we could end up falling even further down the table. I think at this point in time, most people are prepared to take that risk.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

In terms of realistic prospects and not the fantasy ones like Mourinho, Pep, Ancelotti etc etc, it's really difficult to identify a real ideal fit.

Personally I'm not sold on Moyes - he's a good manager and would be stable (i.e. I don't think he'd make us any worse) but as someone pointed out I'm not certain he could take us to to the next level. He's got his tried and trusted ways and would certainly improve our player motivation and defensive organisation but there are other things in which he's not as good as Wenger.

Laudrep's exciting and has been doing well at Swansea but I'd honestly like to see him at Swansea for a few more seasons before hailing him as our saviour. I remember when Owen Coyle was similarly doing well at Bolton and people on here were speculating on him being a future Arsenal manager, which seems like a complete joke at the moment.


Ultimately though regardless of whoever we choose there is going to be a large risk involved that things might not work out and we could end up falling even further down the table. I think at this point in time, most people are prepared to take that risk.

care to explain what they are?

[Cripps_orig]

Martinez is out of the running. Dave Whelan says he will go to a top European club which we arent

[Kano]

martinez is a good coach, nothing more. wouldn't do well at a big club. he can fuck off back to the championship with wigan.

[Cripps_orig]

Why wouldn't he do well at a big club? He's got Wigan who have shite ass players playing football in a way this current Arsenal side can only dream of. We have better players and with Martinez who is better than Wenger at the helm, we would do better

[Kano]

they go roundon cycle every season. same problems, never get fixed and they just about scrape by. after so many years, like wenger, things should be addressed and even small changes to improve their position in the league. but it never happens.

[Xhaka Can’t]

That makes no sense.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Lots of things don't make any sense; Wenger still being Arsenal manager is a prime example.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

By "people", I take it you mean the zombified wengerites who'd prefer having and maintaining our unprecented barren run, stagnation/decline as long as Le Goon remains incharge, right?

great post.

[Power n Glory]

Whoever we pick, they must have experience of winning a title in another league. It can't be a novice. Spurs are looking good because they have AVB in charge there who had an undefeated league win with Porto along with winning the domestic cups and Europa League. Laudrop looks good but he could just as easily share the same fate as Coyle or Rogers. It just might be a step too far.

Part of the reason why we're falling behind the pack is because there are more managers in the league with experience of winging titles elsewhere. When Wenger arrived that just wasn't the case and he never faced mangers that had a experience of winning league titles in other leagues. It's way too much of a risk to take on someone like Moyes or Laudrop. Moyes hasn't even win a domestic cup here with Everton so forget him. It's a step backwards as in the same way we bring in players with no experience of winning anything. It's going to be hard enough gassing up the players with that belief if our manager can't even boast about winning and having the 'been there done that T-shirt'.