There are no guarantees.Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Do you want Arteta out or not?
There are no guarantees.
Do you want Arteta out or not?
At a point, when we were discussing who could take over from Wenger, I suggested Jose, because AFAIWC, we deserved a coach that would win, and Mourinho's brand of football guaranteed that at the time.
Then we eventually went with Emery, and I still insist, the brand of attacking football we played in the early months of Emery was mesmerising and a welcome relief from AW's stale attempts to copy tippy tappy.
Obviously, then came the later stages where we couldn't defend any lead and eventually this Rookie came onboard.
At a time I would have been ok with Mourino or Conte's boring style....but we've now had Arteta, who is a poor knockoff.
I fully agree with Maccy, that winning at all costs isn't everything. Once we divorce Arteta, we deserve something positive.
I want him to be better really, more trusting and braver.
The chances are that is not going to happen, so he probably should go and I think there are others who would do better in the ways I want right now.
Conte is not one of those though.
Ok
Who then
They are not going to sack Arteta and get the Bournemouth manager.
We will have to wait and see as always.
They aren't going to sack Arteta. That's obvious.
Glasner is another one that should be given serious consideration.
Can't believe the clown is specifically mentioning Eze, probably would have blamed Dowman too for not simulating another penalty if he'd brought him on for long enough.
He told Sky Sports: "I'm very proud of my players, I think both teams elevated the game to a level that there was no margins between the two and very little happens, a lot of action in many areas, not that much in the boxes.
"It was going to be decided in two possible actions, an individual error or a magic moment and it was decided in a magic moment.
"You cannot dominate here for 95 minutes, it's impossible and you're going to go through those moments and it was a moment when our 'keeper had the ball in his hands.
"Then we didn't have any sequences of play afterwards but we navigated without conceding anything. But you need to find a way to win these big matches.
"You have to put the ball in the back of the net when you have it, we were much better than last year when we drew the game.
"Today when we have three, four or five situations inside the box, one vs one, when Eze is completely through just to finish the action. You have to put those balls in the back of the net if you want to win the game."
I do think this is an important question.
But I don't think anyone has to have a ready answer to it to want Arteta out.
As someone else said, we're not going to get to pick the new manager anyway. The board have backed Arteta massively, we now have a squad which should be able to challenge on all fronts. If Arteta can't deliver a major trophy with this squad then we surely need to find someone who can. There are no guarantees, but every season adds to the evidence that it's not going to be Arteta who lands our next title.
A small thing perhaps but while I do rate Dowman, bringing a 15yo on in a game as big as that was pathetic and he rightly got made to look like a schoolboy by Kerkez
I was going to say the same thing earlier but wanted to see their take on MOTD first, which was non existent.
Honestly I do try to give Arteta the benefit of doubt and I want to really believe he has a plan and knows what he's doing, but that decision really pissed me off and made me feel like we've got a cynical human being in charge of our club.
Nwaneri was on the bench, Trossard was on the bench.
Established internationals like Gyokores and Madueke were being bullied off the ball, and the few times they got a sniff, they folded under that atmosphere......but he expected a 15 year old to come on and do what exactly? I mean what is someone who has not had an EPL shot on target suppose to do in that atmosphere??
Well if you ask me I think he was hoping for another pity party and probably a soft penalty.... whatever his thinking, it suggests to me he had no intention of winning that game honourably or properly.
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