mavelous
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Rafa+Juandre RamosGive me the two cerebral Spaniards, please.
Rafa+Juandre RamosGive me the two cerebral Spaniards, please.
Wish list stuff mate. Conte isn’t leaving Inter, and Arteta isn’t leaving City or Pep for an assistant role at a bum club like Arsenal.Conte/Arteta, Conte/Xabi Alonso, or Conte/Xavi would do me just fine.
I honestly don't think Arteta is ready for the job, at least for a while. He's really only being an assistant under Pep - which with that squad and their resources is not exactly struggle street - and I'd like to see him somewhere where there's not that kind of quality or resources. I'd really like an experienced hand - preferably experience in the league - with a good up and comer in support. An assistant manager is where I'm at with him. I think Vieira is much further along - he's done the assistant thing, and now he is managing at a resource-constrained club. Anyway, a few things for the AM role that stood out for each person I mentioned.
I don't know much about Ljungberg to be honest - appears to have come out of nowhere, but with less experience than
- Arteta - knows the league, affinity to the club, experience with a good club/manager;
- Xabi Alonso - knows the league, big clubs have him on their radar;
- Xavi - European experience, currently managing, has said that he doesn't want to play boring football but like Barcelona at their peak.
Xabi Alonso played 140-150 games for Liverpool?Why would Xavi or Xabi Alonso bother coming here honestly? They've been with Barca 3/4 of their lives each who have always been one of the top clubs in the world, I doubt they'd want to fall back to our current level all of a sudden. If they did they've never played here in England, the EPL is a fair bit bigger then the La Liga so I don't think they'd just be able to come straight in here.
Rafa+Juandre Ramos
Sorry I forgot Alonso had, still, I think they'd still have to go into an assistant role first.Xabi Alonso played 140-150 games for Liverpool?
Xavi is perhaps the best Spanish footballer ever and he has recognised that to fulfil his ambition of managing Barcelona, he needs to take several steps along the way. Arsenal was Barcelona-lite for many years; I would love him here to help bring back those days.
He will Will he? Based on not coaching a team in His entire life? Never having His own squad to manage?I think I'm all in on Arteta now. He won't be perfect but he will have us playing football and right now that's all I care about, we won't compete with City and Liverpool any time soon and I mean years so **** it.
Squillaci FTW.He will Will he? Based on not coaching a team in His entire life? Never having His own squad to manage?
He has zero merits and have done nothing. Except he played here.
He will Will he? Based on not coaching a team in His entire life? Never having His own squad to manage?
He has zero merits and have done nothing. Except he played here.
He will Will he? Based on not coaching a team in His entire life? Never having His own squad to manage?
He has zero merits and have done nothing. Except he played here.
I wouldn’t be so open to Arteta and that risk, if the possible alternatives were not guys like Ancelotti, Benitez, Enrique etc. Pissing in the wind managers.
Also, unless you employ Klopp, Pep etc, most managers are a big a risk as Arteta.