Life After Emery Begins

[Sanchez11]

Rafael Benitez. He can build a strong defense.

Id take rafa tbf

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

We were crap in defence under Wenger in recent seasons and now under Emery.We need much smarter approach against top 6 sides and not to let smaller teams to get easy points against us.That's all comes from stable defence.Don't think that we need to defend against Brighton at home when it's tight match,but some balance is needed.

I don't think they'll make it any better i mean the mistakes will be still there there will be still lack of leadership Allegri won't play attacking football with us they defensive minded managers their tactics may be way better tho.

 

[Rex Stone]

Why is Eddie Howe even on the list? Simply hasn’t built up the aura or reputation to manage players at the level of Arsenal.

He’ll have no respect in the dressing room.

Higher net spend over the last five years than Chelsea, Liverpool, Sp**s and Leicester among others for an average league finish of 12th.

 

[Malky]

Brendan Rodgers or Erik Ten Hag, proper attacking football!

 

[<<reed>>]

Allegri and Nagellsman are out of our league definitively, don't think Ten Hag and Rogers will be allowed to leave next summer, so
Viera is the best realistic candidate from the list. Any chance Luis Enrique will be back to work soon?
Wouldn't mind Jose for banter,but he's probably too expensive.

 

[bingobob]

What’s with the Rodgers love all of a sudden? Sure I mentioned him and Arteta in the summer and got crucified.

The son of Spain, student of La Masia, protege of Pep, ally of Wenger, iPad Arteta is coming home.

Championed the Rodgers cause even before Wenger left. Unfortunately his work north of the border was not appreciated but a few months at Leicester and now he is viable. Gazidis should have had the bottle to bring him in the first place.

Another mistake from the bald fraud.

 

[GoonerBoy19]

We should have signed Bergkamp for the academy. I understand Mertesacker is doing well but having DB10 back would be amazing.

I know it's difficult to move away from Wenger ball and watching us play reflects the same, but I don't think any manager in that list would improve us right away. Having Emery for transition is not that bad. We could look for a better candidate in 1-2 summers time.

 

[Impact]

Have to say, the idea of sacking Emery to bring in another transitional manager is far from appealing.

We have transformed our club off the field, most visibly with the arrivals of Raul Sanllehi and Edu Gaspar but in many other places too. Our squad refresh is almost complete. In my view, we are one very good summer (4 players) away from a team that can compete for the league.

The next manager has to be a bold choice to take us forward, not someone to simply ensure we do not regress too far.

 

[Red London]

Vieira
Nagelsmann

 

[Hleb's Sirush]

What a set of uninspiring managers. There is a dearth of proven, quality managers about.


Vieira: could be an option

Arteta: could we really afford to give a job of this magnitude to a novice? He might turn out to be a great manager or he might turn out to be a dud. We have no idea. The only arguments I have seen in support of him that he might do well is that he is learning directly from Pep. Unfortunately management doesn't work like that, if it did Giggs would be one hell of a manager by now, after all he spend 22 years watching Ferguson up close.

Rodgers: never could make up my mind completely about him. He plays decent football, seems to do reasonably well. One thing against him is his record in Europe. Both for Liverpool and Celtic. He seems to have a defined style, but again when his teams start to struggle it all looks a bit directionless. Liverpool looked great under him when he had Suarez, Sturridge and sterling on a roll. The season after when Suarez was sold and he had to work with Balotelli, it became a shambles and he seemed a bit hapless. So I'm not sure how good his coaching is. Atleast we will be able to tell more after this season with Leicester.

Nagelsmann, Ten Hag, Howe: they wouldn't do better than Emery.

Allegri: plays defensive football so I'm not sure our supporters would tolerate him for long. He is the only one on this list who seems a viable candidate. Has managed a big club before. Knows how to really set up a team not to concede. Has good European record. If Emery, and it is still an if, doesn't succeed here, I would go for him at the end of the season.

 

[Hleb's Sirush]

Mourinho: even if we ignore the negative football, the deviously intricate web of psychology that he comes with to unnerve his opponents and drive his own team, the fact he will demand to buy players in their 30's for a short term boost, the irresistible pull for him to be under the spotlight, to be the center of attention and all the other narcissistic tendencies. The fact when things go bad for him, they really go bad. He had Chelsea close to relegation before he was sacked and United fired him when he had the worst start in 28 years for them

Football seems to have moved on, both in tactics and off the field. for a start players nowadays are a lot 'softer' than in his heyday. They respond better by encouragement rather than throwing them under the bus. Anyway something changed in him after he left Real. Before that I actually liked his press conferences. They were entertaining, he was still arrogant but he was charming and what he said made sense. Now ever since the Real job he seems so bitter, angry, sad even. For example what was the point of calling Wenger a specialist in failure? That was a new low for him. Especially since Wenger couldn't even be considered a rival to him. He was just lashing out, nothing made sense with him anymore.

 

[Keplaz]

What a set of uninspiring managers. There is a dearth of proven, quality managers about.


Vieira: could be an option

Arteta: could we really afford to give a job of this magnitude to a novice? He might turn out to be a great manager or he might turn out to be a dud. We have no idea. The only arguments I have seen in support of him that he might do well is that he is learning directly from Pep. Unfortunately management doesn't work like that, if it did Giggs would be one hell of a manager by now, after all he spend 22 years watching Ferguson up close.

Rodgers: never could make up my mind completely about him. He plays decent football, seems to do reasonably well. One thing against him is his record in Europe. Both for Liverpool and Celtic. He seems to have a defined style, but again when his teams start to struggle it all looks a bit directionless. Liverpool looked great under him when he had Suarez, Sturridge and sterling on a roll. The season after when Suarez was sold and he had to work with Balotelli, it became a shambles and he seemed a bit hapless. So I'm not sure how good his coaching is. Atleast we will be able to tell more after this season with Leicester.

Nagelsmann, Ten Hag, Howe: they wouldn't do better than Emery.

Allegri: plays defensive football so I'm not sure our supporters would tolerate him for long. He is the only one on this list who seems a viable candidate. Has managed a big club before. Knows how to really set up a team not to concede. Has good European record. If Emery, and it is still an if, doesn't succeed here, I would go for him at the end of the season.

Good summary. Even though Allegri plays defensive, I think we'd benefit from a season of George Graham again. Learn he basics and then build from them. Arsène spoilt us but 1-0 to the Arsenal isn't necessarily a bad thing. I just want us t control games again.

 

[Trilly]

**** list of options, just highlights how lucky Liverpool were to catch Klopp after things fell apart at Dortmund. It almost seemed like he was waiting for Wenger to retire before they got him.

Still should have enough to get top four despite Unai’s best attempts so I wouldn’t hire any of the bums/rookies/finished guys on that list until next summer.

 

[GDeep™]

The more I think about it the more Arteta makes sense, especially when you consider he’ll have a support structure around him, the days of one man running a club are gone.

Him and his coaches will drill the players on the training ground.

 

[GDeep™]

Experience is over rated. What are we getting from Emery? Guy can’t even give a clear interview.

His first press conference he spoke about attacking football? The players are confused and tired if you believe the rumours.

All that EL experience and he **** the EL final.

 

[Hleb's Sirush]

Good summary. Even though Allegri plays defensive, I think we'd benefit from a season of George Graham again. Learn he basics and then build from them. Arsène spoilt us but 1-0 to the Arsenal isn't necessarily a bad thing. I just want us t control games again.

We had two decades of watching the best football in the land. If we had to watch a less attractive football for a few years but we would be getting the result we should take that deal. We almost forgot what it looks like to have a competent defensive organisation. That alone would almost feel like some kind of silverware.

Anyway this is my last post in this thread for a while. Can't really be discussing next managers while Emery is still here. I hope he turns it around. Would be great to see everyone sheepishly put away their pitchforks for a bit.

 

[GeorgiaGunner]

And play boring uninspiring football like your closet club in Mourinho's time! No thanks.

I'm all for hiring a Guardiola, Klopp, etc. if a generational talent comes along, but in the absence of that, I'd lean toward continuity -- it's a tough league.

And we ought to take a lesson from 'my closet club' and not hire a beloved former player with little-to-no experience at the top level as a first team coach (a la the first two or three players in the poll, depending on your opinion of Nice).

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

I voted other. If possible, I'd go for Roberto Mancini. He's with Italy now but he's PL proven, can handle big names, he plays good football and with the players we have now and might get, I'm confident he would improve us defensively and structurally. I think he'd also pave the way for Vieira as his successor if the latter is up to the job.

 

[Sanchez11]

Emery loves usb sticks, Arteta loves ipads no difference imo.

 

[El Duderino]

The more I think about it the more Arteta makes sense, especially when you consider he’ll have a support structure around him, the days of one man running a club are gone.

Him and his coaches will drill the players on the training ground.

Not that I'm into the Arteta train, but I think at least now he'd have close to no players that shared a locker room with him as a player, right?

It's Hector and Emi?