Quote Originally Posted by Özim View Post
Problem is that this club always wants to do things on the cheap, the shortlist of managers wasn't great, then we narrowed it down to Arteta (what an awful option - a guy who has never managed and wasn't even a particularly good player for us either) and Emery.

Based on that choice Emery was obviously going to be the clear winner, at least he'd won something, on paper it looked like an ok choice given his time at Sevilla, but what we didnt know was just how negative he was and the kind of limited manager he was.

It's fair to say no fans would have chosen him given the choice, it would have been someone like Simeone, Allegri, Ancelotti, someone proven basically, or if you want to take a punt on a less tried and test option, someone like Jardim to see if he can repeat what he did with the young players at Monaco.

In the end we got Emery and everyone was excited to see the back of Wenger and to see if we can finally see some progress, a new style of football and some more logic applied, it seems that we've somehow manager to pick a manager who can't see the obvious issues again and makes many illogical decisions as Wenger did.

I think if we replace him we now need to go for someone proven, no more going for the cheap option. The blame lies squarely at Ivan Gazidis' doors though, who proved to be a disastrous chief executive, he probably realised he'd made a mess picking Emery and made sure he made it out of the door before it all unfolded and he took the brunt of the fans anger.
I disagree with you here. The board have done OK since Wenger left IMO. After so long under Wenger, I think it made sense to appoint an interim manager to ride out the transition, and Emery's credentials looked OK as regards potential top 4 - either via the Europa League or via steadying the ship in the EPL. And it almost worked. Until April/May and the shambolic Europa League final we were looking set to achieve Emery's brief.

The board have hardly cheapskated it since - and gave Emery excellent signings to kick on. For me it is squarely down to the manager's failings and cowardice that we are in our present clusterfuck.

What we need now is not a 'showpiece' manager. we need someone to unify the club and show some clarity and balls. Arteta or even Freddie would do for me.