Unai Emery - Confirmed as the New Arsenal Manager - ORNSTEINNNN

[Marc Overmars]

That's my point, Wenger played him in that role. And he did exactly what was asked of him. As boring as it all was, he was one of the best in the squad at retaining the ball - Wenger's pet attribute - and he was a highly accurate passer, even if he wasn't allowed to be ambitious with the ball. I'm not saying he was the best we ever had, I'm saying the fans making up shit about him now are having to defend their toy throwing when they thought he was favourite for the manager's role, rather than telling it like it was.

He wasn’t terrible nor was he really that effective either, I wouldn’t say he elevated our game in any way. He was also injured for his final 2 years as well so we only have 3 seasons to go off. He suffered from the same issues of being easily overrun and passive, much like our current crop of midfielders. I think he was a middle of the road player that typified the kind of signings we were making at the time.

Having said that, I don’t think his playing career has any relevance to what he’d be like as a manager.

Anyway, Emery is the man. Arteta is a City cunt so fuck him.