Mikel Arteta: Managerial Royalty

[Tir Na Nog]

Villa, Leeds, City, Leicester, Burnley, Sp**s, West Ham & Liverpool.

I'm curious to see where this "manager" will have led us in the table on the evening of April 3?

We're getting 8 points if we're lucky ffs.

 

[The_Playmaker]

Why was Pepe subbed off? A confidence player being taken off after they did something good literally kills their confidence.

 

[Makingtrax]

It is though. The correlation works in both directions.

No it's not implied.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

We're getting 8 points if we're lucky ffs.

What's really infuriating is that a lot of the forum believe we're making progress!

I suppose it's true in a sense, going from relegation battlers to mid-table mainstays certainly qualifies

 

[Tir Na Nog]

What's really infuriating is that a lot of the forum believe we're making progress!

I suppose it's true in a sense, going from relegation battlers to mid-table mainstays certainly qualifies

The expectations are on the floor and it seems to have happened overnight. Top 4 used to be the minimum requirement, even Emery was heavily criticised for not getting us back there. Now all of a sudden getting into mid-table is seen as some sort of progress? In the next few years there'll be new young gooners who won't believe me when I tell them not so long ago 2nd was seen as a massive failure.

 

[Rimaal]

Well that makes absolutely zero sense since we were screwed by officials when it was 0-0.

Ridiculous post

No, it's not. You're just rather too shallow minded to think beyond the actual incident to the failures that lead to the actions that made the incident.

Expand you thought process.

 

[Makingtrax]

3rd time Luiz has been sent off for last man challenge under a year.

Acquiring Luiz with a track record of blunders, giving him an extension, and then giving a 3 year contract to 32 year old Willian is going to haunt Mikel.

You wonder what happened here.
Saliba - "To think that I would arrive, where people were expecting a lot from me, the fans excited about me and you find yourself in the reserves, play zero - nothing in the Europa League or the [Premier] League. I was only in the squad once in the League Cup. It hurt me, it affected me."

 

[krackpot]

North London is red....at least the cards

 

[North5]

Acquiring Luiz with a track record of blunders, giving him an extension, and then giving a 3 year contract to 32 year old Willian is going to haunt Mikel.

You wonder what happened here.
Saliba - "To think that I would arrive, where people were expecting a lot from me, the fans excited about me and you find yourself in the reserves, play zero - nothing in the Europa League or the [Premier] League. I was only in the squad once in the League Cup. It hurt me, it affected me."

It really was this that made me go off Arteta completely. Well that and the more often than not, awful football.

 

[Makingtrax]

We don’t inspire confidence, especially after tonight. But I do think that there is enough inconsistency above us to keep us in the hunt and we need as many options open to us.

By all means focus on the EL especially if it becomes a single game knockout. That makes it out best bet for sure.

The teams immediately above us have three games in hand. Unless they really **** up, gonna be a while to catch them.

 

[krackpot]

The teams immediately above us have three games in hand. Unless they really **** up, gonna be a while to catch them.

Goodness Gracious! I thought you were joking man.

We've actually played 22 games. Good thing I've stopped caring.

 

[Rimaal]

The expectations are on the floor and it seems to have happened overnight. Top 4 used to be the minimum requirement, even Emery was heavily criticised for not getting us back there. Now all of a sudden getting into mid-table is seen as some sort of progress? In the next few years there'll be new young gooners who won't believe me when I tell them not so long ago 2nd was seen as a massive failure.

That's what really pisses me off and scares me. All the fans accepting from Arteta what they would have spit on from Emery, and crucified Wenger for.

What the hell happened? Is the Koolaid really that easy to swallow.

 

[Makingtrax]

That's what really pisses me off and scares me. All the fans accepting from Arteta what they would have spit on from Emery, and crucified Wenger for.

What the hell happened? Is the Koolaid really that easy to swallow.

This is what I've been telling you for years though. I know you and others don't believe it. Historically the odds of a team spending 5th winning the league are long. You only need a manager making mistakes and you can end up a few places below, instead of above 5th like Arsène did. It's not rocket science.

 

[Rimaal]

This is what I've been telling you for years though. I know you and others don't believe it. Historically the odds of a team spending 5th winning the league are long. You only need a manager making mistakes and you can end up a few places below, instead of above 5th like Arsène did. It's not rocket science.

STOP IT! I only read to the word spend.

You need to find another angle. You're boring me rigid.

 

[AberGooner]

That's what really pisses me off and scares me. All the fans accepting from Arteta what they would have spit on from Emery, and crucified Wenger for.

What the hell happened? Is the Koolaid really that easy to swallow.

No fans in the stadium has saved Arteta from heavier criticism as well I think. Especially a month or so ago when we had that run of losses at home, the atmosphere in the stadium would have been toxic at that point.

 

[Red London]

@American_Gooner Gotta call the thread "tricky Micky's red card rodeo" again. Funniest thread title and so fitting.

 

[Makingtrax]

STOP IT!

But you know it's true, because you're not stupid, like some.

 

[Rimaal]

No fans in the stadium has saved Arteta from heavier criticism as well I think. Especially a month or so ago when we had that run of losses at home, the atmosphere in the stadium would have been toxic at that point.

Perhaps that is a factor. But read the rhetoric online, it's bafflingly stark in its contrast to Emery and Wenger. I mean, the defence of Arteta is staunch and I can't understand why.

 

[Red London]

Are the trolls back from their caves to complain about Arteta :rofl: you know full well what the reason for losing yday was.

3 points to the Arsenal if the officials did their job correctly.

 

[DUFFMAN]

Are the haters happy with the way we played in the first half until the sending off?

If that's our aim under Arteta in the future well that's something I'm willing to give patience too.