Who will be Arsenal's next manager?

Lucie Favre(Monchengladbach) and Rene Girard(Montpellier) are all doing a great jobs at club with limited resources. Monchengladblach probably play the best football in Germany. For me they play football better than Bayern and Dortmund. These guys could also succeed at Arsenal and they aren't some common names like Guardiola and Klopp.

Mate this is the web...2 clicks and tadaaa it's done. it's not like i went to his house and put up a sign

But i appreciate the love anthony

You actually think I copied you? I went through the last few pages and wrote about each manager mentioned. Didn't see you write about Hiddink, Stojković, Klopp and Bould. A bit pathetic Djibril. But that's going off topic.

vela i asked you a question,didn't i? respond to it,leaving the emotional drama aside. You all on a period all day every day?

Ant you gotta be the biggest wum on AM

What's the question? Did I copy you no.

I wouldn't say he's the perfect fit, but I think there are a number of factors which could make us an attractive proposition for Guardiola and him for us.

From his perspective:
- He will be under less pressure to deliver compared to Barcelona where sustaining the level that has been set is almost impossible and very draining.
- He will probably be keen to prove himself capable as a manager away from Barcelona. We are still a big enough club with potential for him to give him the opportunity to do so. Also the challenge we provide would give him a far more rounded reputation than Mourinho does despite his success.
- Even if we didn't qualify for the CL, there would be some money to spend and at least a season to try and get the team into the top 4. Even then, I don't think it would be demanded that he definitely get us into the top 4 in his first season as long as the team showed signs of real progress given the difficult situation he is likely to have inherited.
- I think he is keen on trying his luck abroad. As a player he wanted to join Arsenal (so he claims), but even though that didn't work out he did move on to Brescia and then Roma in Italy.

From our perspective:
- We would get a manager who could attract big players and maybe persuade RVP to stay.
- We would get someone who has won more than Wenger and has dealt with the pressures of winning continuously at a big club.
- We would get someone who has helped shape this current Barca team including his stint managing Barca B. He has instilled a strong work ethic in his players and the team has a clear identity with players certain of what they have to do. He would hopefully demand higher standards of the players than Wenger has and people like Ramsey may develop and become more dependable under the tactics he employs.
- The style of play at Barca is not dissimilar from ours and may make it easier for the team to adapt to his methods.
- He has successfully integrated a number of players from Barca's youth team into their first team. Hopefully he could help make our Academy better at producing players suited to perform at the highest level.
- He bought big money players in when needed.
- The Barca wage structure is not so egalitarian as that imposed by Wenger. Guardiola is unlikely to justify offering promising youths and squad players big contracts at the expense of justified rewards for our top performers.
- His Barca teams have comprehensively outplayed United in the past which is not a real reason but great anyway.
- From a sponsors POV, if the team manages to progress in the next couple of seasons under a big name manager, then we will probably be a much more attractive proposition to them if they believe we are likely to be successful very soon. Given Guardiola's recent track record his presence makes a more convincing case that we can be genuine trophy contenders again and thus strengthen our position when some of the deals come up for renegotiation in the next few years.

Then there's nothing more to add to this little drama. Good post explainig my thoughts though. I rarely find the time to let the rest of AM understand the mastermind that i am

Good post DK Gooner about Guardiola. I saw on the internet earlier today that Guardiola worked with Wenger for a short period of time at Arsenal's training ground before he took over at Barcelona, don't know if it was true though.

I think their is a strong possibility Luis Enrique will be the manager of Barcelona when Guardiola leaves them. Luis Enrique took over at Roma this season and is doing reasonable well, very similar philosophy to Pep and Barca.

Even if we get a new manager, we will still have the same old board. We won't be seeing a significant investment into the team anytime soon.

An interesting read:

http://www.theshortfuse.com/2012/2/19/2 ... r-trophies

An interesting read:

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Don't disagree with anything & it's nothing new that some of us have been saying for years here.

What about Marcelo Bielsa? His team always play exciting football similar to Barcelona. He's doing a great job at Bilbao.

What about Marcelo Bielsa? His team always play exciting football similar to Barcelona. He's doing a great job at Bilbao.

The only downside I see is that he dislikes having to face the media & almost micro manages the team = the opposite of AW.

What about Marcelo Bielsa? His team always play exciting football similar to Barcelona. He's doing a great job at Bilbao.

The only downside I see is that he dislikes having to face the media & almost micro manages the team = the opposite of AW.

Surely a good thing if change is needed?

What about Marcelo Bielsa? His team always play exciting football similar to Barcelona. He's doing a great job at Bilbao.

The only downside I see is that he dislikes having to face the media & almost micro manages the team = the opposite of AW.

Surely a good thing if change is needed?

Not sure if he fits the public profile the current Board seem to prefer,
although I'd have NO issue if it meant that Gazidis as CEO needed to field all the press.
Biesla isn't comfortable in front of a camera even re pre/post match press conferences.