The next manager..

[Özim]

Please no Allegri

Bring in Arteta, I really believe he understands what needs to be done at this club on the football side.

You don't want Allegri a proven winner who made Juve CL challengers again, but want a guy with no management experience who was an average captain and very forgettable player for us?

[Globalgunner]

It shows you how inconsequential football really is in peoples minds despite all the fervour they display

If someone needed a heart transplant would you want? The doctor who has done it 50 times before or the best graduating student from med school?

Director of a nuclear power plant: PHD who is just about to retire from CERN or the 18 yr old with 3 A`s from high school.

Engineer designing your highway: Certified engineer or kid with an app on his phone.

When Arteta tanks, they'll say it was a bold choice. Lets move on to the next manager.

[rodders]

The sad truth is that most existing managers probably feel they are better off where they are.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It shows you how inconsequential football really is in peoples minds despite all the fervour they display

If someone needed a heart transplant would you want? The doctor who has done it 50 times before or the best graduating student from med school?

Director of a nuclear power plant: PHD who is just about to retire from CERN or the 18 yr old with 3 A`s from high school.

Engineer designing your highway: Certified engineer or kid with an app on his phone.

When Arteta tanks, they'll say it was a bold choice. Lets move on to the next manager.

I get the comparisons but football is so much more emotive than any of those listed, apart from the overall aspect of being a doctor, of course.. Employing Wenger wasn't the safe choice all those years ago, yes it ended badly eventually but it unlocked a different way of thinking for the players that were at the club.

Arteta might not be the right man but if it ended up being him, I'd give props to the board for taking a chance.

Emery had the better record, the better presentation for the decision makers but ultimately he lacked a way of either inspiring the players to play in a certain mould or couldn't quite decide whatever he wanted.

[I am invisible]

Sort of feel the same, with one reservation. I'd hate to see the fans turn on him and hound him if he doesn't win the CL in his first match in charge.

Yeah, I agree. I think we should make it clear that he’s not being considered for the job full time, and that he’s basically stepping up to help because the club need him to. We can change our mind about that at any point if he turns out to be the next Pep, but for now let’s not say it out loud - keep the pressure off and the keep supporters behind him.

[I am invisible]

...Freddie knows the youth players and can hit the ground running

I’ve got to say, I’m pinning a lot of hopes on this right now. My faith in almost all of the more “experienced” members of the side is completely gone, and I’m really not seeing too many other options for us than turning to the younger players - hopefully our former u23 coach will be a good choice for what we have to work with at the moment...

[Özim]

I get the comparisons but football is so much more emotive than any of those listed, apart from the overall aspect of being a doctor, of course.. Employing Wenger wasn't the safe choice all those years ago, yes it ended badly eventually but it unlocked a different way of thinking for the players that were at the club.

Arteta might not be the right man but if it ended up being him, I'd give props to the board for taking a chance.

Emery had the better record, the better presentation for the decision makers but ultimately he lacked a way of either inspiring the players to play in a certain mould or couldn't quite decide whatever he wanted.

Employing Wenger worked initially, but the guy had a massive advantage of knowing all the best players in French football at a time when the golden generation was coming through, that advantage no longer exists, we all saw how it went from 2006 onwards, not well.

What does Arteta have that makes him a decent candidate, what evidence is there he'd be a good manager, at least Wenger had managed before and achieved something, players with no management experience have no place managing a top club as their 1st experience of management, it would be a complete gamble based on no evidence he would be any good, if they do choose him, it would once again prove how incompetent these people are and how small time we are, not even good enough to attract a decent manager who has actually managed.

IMO Arteta is a prime candidate to flop, reason being he's been overhyped before he's achieved anything and that usually doesn't end well, this isn't the time to gamble on some nobody, it's time to get someone in who's been tested.

[Master Splinter]

Does the New Manager Bounce™ work with a temp?

It's hard to get excited about anything related to the club at the moment. Even just some evidence of the application of a working football philosophy under Ljunberg will be a positive.

[LDG]

Employing Wenger worked initially, but the guy had a massive advantage of knowing all the best players in French football at a time when the golden generation was coming through, that advantage no longer exists, we all saw how it went from 2006 onwards, not well.

What does Arteta have that makes him a decent candidate, what evidence is there he'd be a good manager, at least Wenger had managed before and achieved something, players with no management experience have no place managing a top club as their 1st experience of management, it would be a complete gamble based on no evidence he would be any good, if they do choose him, it would once again prove how incompetent these people are and how small time we are, not even good enough to attract a decent manager who has actually managed.

IMO Arteta is a prime candidate to flop, reason being he's been overhyped before he's achieved anything and that usually doesn't end well, this isn't the time to gamble on some nobody, it's time to get someone in who's been tested.

Who are your candidates?

[Penguin]

I don't understand what this obsession is with Arteta. The guy has never managed a club. Ever. That alone should be reason not to touch him with a barge pole.