Mikel Arteta: Aston La Vista To The Title?

[OnlyOne]

Mate, Everton rejected a £85m bid for Richarlison. Villa won't let Grealish go for "£50m max". How am I wrong?

I’m just bored. But just don’t think villa are in a position to ask loads. Big clubs will go for him, he’ll see the money and push to leave. Got villa in the prem as well so will let him go.

 

[Manberg]

What was it?

The less said the better. It's taboo.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

I think we are more compact in defense and midfield. We are seeing some patterns in attack. Some players have improved and seems more happy than before.

I think a lot of parameters point up since Arteta took over from Emery and with pre-season and hopefully two good signings(not bad ones like we made in last transfers windows) and we can start win games comfortably again!

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Very weird that people are ready to give Pepe 5 seasons to adapt but not ready to give Mikel more than 10 games before giving up on him.

 

[al-Ustaadh]

The complaints about Arteta’s in-match decisions should not be surprising. He was always going to have a learning curve. Not worried about it in the long run.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

The complaints about Arteta’s in-match decisions should not be surprising. He was always going to have a learning curve. Not worried about it in the long run.

I highly doubt the in-match decisions are that bad. Most people are just forgetting to take into count how incredible bad our squad is.

I wonder how long Raul and they will get away with signing bums every window before people start realizing it.

 

[Sniper Mik]

Kolasinac, Saka and potentially Tierney could all be back after the break so that's a plus

 

[Jasard]

A clean sheet and avoided a loss again. Seems pathetic saying that for Arsenal but it's good to be honest. He can fix the defense with coaching but the attack is currently ****ed by sheer inability to shoot.

 

[Tourbillion]

Premier league clubs have no need to sell. Getting relegated cost you more than £100m. Hence teams will only let their best players go if the money is worth it.

What costs do relegated clubs have to bear?

 

[GDeep™]

Grealish has 4 years on his deal and is a local boy who isn’t going to shaft his club.

If Villa survive relegation you better bring 65-80M to the table.

 

[Hleb's Sirush]

What costs do relegated clubs have to bear?

The drop in their revenues by not being in the Pl.

 

[Sanchez11]

I dont blame Arteta at all. The players are just not upto it.

 

[Jae]

The drop in their revenues by not being in the Pl.

They get a considerable parachute payment though which probably covers it. You get more for being relegated than you do for winning the championship.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

I hope mikel after break try to use auba as cf and use Martinelli as LW and pepe RW. Laca can be super sub until he rediscover his goal scoring form

 

[Sanchez11]

I hope mikel after break try to use auba as cf and use Martinelli as LW and pepe RW. Laca can be super sub until he rediscover his goal scoring form

This is what should happend today. Anyway lets see how it plays out.

 

[al-Ustaadh]

I hope mikel after break try to use auba as cf and use Martinelli as LW and pepe RW. Laca can be super sub until he rediscover his goal scoring form

This. Thinks it’s best we sell Lacazette. Give his place to Nketiah.

 

[avalonhse]

What costs do relegated clubs have to bear?

Th cost is more than you guy think. You are highly likely lose the best players, which is invaluable.

 

[Hleb's Sirush]

They get a considerable parachute payment though which probably covers it. You get more for being relegated than you do for winning the championship.

Parachute payments softens the blow but you still take a big hit financial. Relegated teams get about £45m in parachute payments in the first year. Premier League clubs get at least £100m from PL distribution money alone without even counting the loss in match day and commercial revenues.

 

[FreddieLjungberg]

Why does Arteta still start with Laca on top?? Does he not realize that Laca is out of shape and that he would be better with Auba with him on top if he change this 4-2-3-1 formation...

Second... If you sub the same guy every game as your first sub and often early, then put him on the bench...
Why stick with Özil when he doesnt bring any and you still start him?!

 

[scytheavatar]

But who's rating him highly? Promising rookie is all he basically can be right now.

It probably comes down to people being excited finally seeing some patterns working again, after seeing nothing but a mess under Emery. It's not anything new that we didn't see until even Wenger's last game. But if he can build on that, and add the required players in the summer, then we surely will improve.

Problem is will Arteta get his "required players"? Will he fight Raul and Kroenke to get the players he needs, or will be be a company man like Emery and end up in the same fate? In the first place does he have the experience to know what his required players are? He has bragging about how our players are just as good as the players in City.........

That's my fear with Arteta as our manager, no one could question that he has the football mind to be a good manager. But ATM we need a fighter as manager who can fight our incompetent and delusional boardroom and make them realize they are going to wrong direction. Can Arteta be that person?